STRETCH UPDATES - COHORT 3
Map: Cohort II Current Locations Map: Cohort III Current Locations Map: Cohort II and III Combined STRETCH RESOURCES AND INFORMATION Questions????: email - mrice@hpa.edu Mock Tag Attachment- Does the attached satellite tag interfer with the growth of the turtle? March 27, 2026 Transmission Times Compared Cohort I's tags were programmed to transmit 250 transmission per day and the cohort's average length of transmission was 226 days with a range of 30 to 272 days. Cohort II's tags were programmed to transmit 125 transmissions per day and the average as of 3/27/2026 is 512 days with 13 out of the 28 still transmitting after 627 days! Cohort III's tags were programmed the same as Cohort II (125 tx/day) and, after 261 days 24 of the 28 members of the cohort are still transmitting. The theory behind reducing the number of transmission per day by 1/2 was that we would expect the tag's batteries to last twice as long....