Movement patterns of nesting green turtles in Tanzania (aggregated per 1-degree cell)
Citation
West L, OBIS-SEAMAP, Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (2021). Movement patterns of nesting green turtles in Tanzania (aggregated per 1-degree cell). OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ft9nze accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-24.Description
Original provider: Sea Sense Dataset credits: Data provider Sea Sense, Tanzania Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: Sea Sense is conducting research into the migratory behaviour of green turtles to better understand their movements and identify important foraging grounds and migratory corridors in the western Indian Ocean region. This kind of information is being used in Tanzania to develop a National Sea Turtle Status Report which will eventually feed into a National Sea Turtle Recovery Plan.To date, satellite tags have been deployed on nesting green turtles in Mafia Island, Temeke and Pangani which are the three most important green turtle rookeries in Tanzania. 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.
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Chelonia mydascommon name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Oceans
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Lindsey Westoriginator
position: Primary contact
Sea Sense
email: lindsey@seasense.org
homepage: http://www.seasense.org/
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
Lindsey West
owner
position: Primary contact
Sea Sense
email: lindsey@seasense.org
homepage: http://www.seasense.org/
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
originator
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/
Lindsey West
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Sea Sense
email: lindsey@seasense.org
homepage: http://www.seasense.org/