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Sea turtles validated sightings reported in the Mediterranean Sea from 2019 onwards by avvistAPP users
Citation
Tirelli V, Goruppi A (2024): Sea turtles validated sightings reported by avvistAPP users. v3.4. National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.13120/0wuxff https://doi.org/10.13120/23ce-tb78
Contact:
Tirelli, Valentina
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
Sampling Methods
avvistAPP is a free citizen science tool that allows everyone to actively contribute to the monitoring of marine animals. Available both in Google and Apple app stores. App description: https://doi.org/10.13120/h127-9v54
Study Extent Mediterranean Sea from 2019 onwards.
Method step description:
The reported sightings are validated by researchers.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Citizen science, Environment, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, MED, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, MED, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811, Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 12,2398; MinLat: 35,843 - MaxLong: 16,3879; MaxLat: 45,7895 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: 12,2398; MinLat: 35,843 - MaxLong: 16,3879; MaxLat: 45,7895 [WGS84]
MED, Adriatic Sea [Marine Regions]
Mediterranean Sea [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
7 August 2019 - 13 November 2022
Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Contributors
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), more, data creator, data creator, data manager
Tirelli, Valentina
Goruppi, Alenka
Holodkov, Nikola
Goruppi, Alenka
Holodkov, Nikola
Delfini e Tartarughe del Golfo di Trieste (DelTa), data manager
Riccamboni, Rodolfo
Tempesta, Milena
Tempesta, Milena
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Other:
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Citizen science
Release date: 2022-01-26
Metadatarecord created: 2021-12-16
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
