Site Overview
A website that provides easily accessible and interpretable basking data for Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles.
This website acts not only as an educational data tracking resource, but also as a tool to raise public
awareness and excitement about marine species conservation.
Intended Audience
This website has two distinct audiences:
-Scientific Professionals
who wish to export, add, and alter data.
- Members of the the Public
who wish to view the data in fun and visually interesting ways
Data Categories
*This could be simplified for less specificity if preferred.
Since this is partially for scientific purposes, we would need data on the actions of the turtle,
the turtle itself, record keeping data (date, time, duration, location etc), as well as climate data.
| Descriptor | Data Type | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Turtle | String | Hao |
| Sex | Boolean | 1 |
| Age | Int | 48 |
| Name Meaning | String | Iron, named for the famous iron brothers of the surfing world. |
| Turtle History | String | Hao is one of our grumpiest turtles, not getting along with any
company. She has a shark bite out of her rear right flipper. She was first spotted in 1984. |
| Start Time | Time | 12:15 |
| End Time | Time | 15:45 |
| Duration (minutes) | Int | 210 |
| Ambient Temperature | Int | 84 |
| Weather | String | Partial Clouds |
| Start Tide (ft above 0) | Int | 4 |
| End Tide (ft above 0) | Int | 6 |
| Start Swell (ft) | Int | 3 |
| End Swell (ft) | Int | 5 |
| Location | String | Laniakea Shelf |
| Behavior | String | Resting |
| Personnel (who observed this) | String | B. Pickford |
| Other Comments | String | New barnacles on back left flipper |
