Fig. 5
From: Evaluating outcomes of long-term satellite tag attachment on leatherback sea turtles
Photo credit: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (French Guiana)
Condition of the carapace at the attachment site following long-term deployment of directly-attached satellite tag off Nova Scotia, Canada, on 24 July 2008: a first re-observation, French Guiana, 22 March 2009; b drill channels in the medial ridge immediately following tag removal (22 March 2009); c drill channels 33Â days after tag removal (24 April 2009); and d drill channels (healed) 51Â days after tag removal (12 May 2009).