Cape Cod Sea Turtle Release 2007 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Connie Merigo

doi:10.15468/e6n3u6

Cape Cod Sea Turtle Release 2007 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Merigo C. 2021. Cape Cod Sea Turtle Release 2007. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/421) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=238). https://doi.org/10.15468/e6n3u6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Original provider: Connie Merigo Dataset credits: Data provider New England Aquarium Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: The New England Aquarium (NEAq) has been rehabilitating stranded sea turtles for more than twenty years. The majority of sea turtles that are treated at NEAq come from annual cold stun stranding events on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Each fall and winter, juvenile and sub-adult sea turtles strand on Cape Cod beaches after experiencing cold-stunning. Cold stunning, or hypothermia, in sea turtles is thought to occur when water temperature quickly drops below 50ºF (10ºC). Sudden cooling of ocean water temperatures leaves the turtles torpid and floating at the surface, unable to swim or dive, and allows them to be pushed by strong sustained storm winds onto the windward shore. Since the 1980s, NEAq has worked with the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (WBWS) to save these threatened and endangered species.

NEAq has recently begun using satellite telemetry to study the post release survivorship of these rehabilitated turtles. Our primary goal is to learn about the survivorship of these animals. We will also be studying and observing their habitat use and migration routes post-release.

We wish to thank the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries for their continued support of the Massachusetts Sea Turtle Network. In addition we would like to thank our volunteers and the kind folks at the Cross Sound Ferry for their dedication and continued support to the preservation of sea turtles and other marine life. 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

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Connie Merigo
originator
position: Primary contact
New England Aquarium
email: cmerigo@neaq.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

Connie Merigo
owner
position: Primary contact
New England Aquarium
email: cmerigo@neaq.org

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

Connie Merigo
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
New England Aquarium
email: cmerigo@neaq.org