Gabon 2012: Pongara, Leatherback Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Matthew Witt

doi:10.15468/7q847u

Gabon 2012: Pongara, Leatherback Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Witt M. 2021. Gabon 2012: Pongara, Leatherback Turtles. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1836) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=776). https://doi.org/10.15468/7q847u accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: University of Exeter Dataset credits: Data provider Marine Turtle Research Group Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner This project is a collaborative effort between the Gabon National Parks Agency, the Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Marine Turtle Research Group at the University of Exeter. Project sponsor or sponsor description The project is generously funded by VAALCO Inc. and Harvest NR. Abstract: The Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership has estimated that between 36,000 and 126,000 leatherback nests are laid on Gabon’s beaches every year, about 50% of which occur in Mayumba National Park, and about 23% in Pongara National Park (Witt et al. 2009). This degree of reproductive effort suggests that Gabon hosts the largest nesting population of leatherback turtles in the world, and approximately 60% of all nesting females in the entire Atlantic Ocean.

The objectives of this satellite tracking project are:

(a) Determine the number of nests laid per season per female and the duration between each nesting event.
(b) Assess the distance between successive nests during the season.
(c) Develop distribution maps of nesting and inter-nesting habitat use through high-resolution location data and diving behaviour data.
(d) Study the acoustic environment to which turtles are exposed at sea, through sound recording on the turtle.
(e) Evaluate the effectiveness of current protection measures and propose management regimes tailored toward addressing the overlap between sea turtle distribution and behaviours and anthropogenic activities.
Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Matthew Witt
originator
position: Primary contact
University of Exeter
email: M.J.Witt@exeter.ac.uk

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Matthew Witt
owner
position: Primary contact
University of Exeter
email: M.J.Witt@exeter.ac.uk

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
originator
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/

Matthew Witt
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of Exeter
email: M.J.Witt@exeter.ac.uk