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Georgia Aquarium/DomSeTCO Leatherback's of Dominica (aggregated per 1-degree cell)
Citation
Levenson J. 2021. Georgia Aquarium/DomSeTCO Leatherback's of Dominica. Data originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=996).
Contact:
Levenson, Jacob ;

Availability:
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Description
Dominica Sea turtle Conservation Organization, in partnership with the Georgia Aquarium, are working to research and conserve sea turtles in Dominica. A small island in the Caribbean, Dominica has several sea turtle species nesting on it's beaches. Leatherbacks have been the main focus due to poaching on the island of adults and nests. Georgia Aquarium and DomSeTCO support patrollers on the main leatherback nesting beaches and has initiated a sea turtle tour program bringing visitors and locals alike to witness sea turtle nesting events on the island. more
Original provider: Jake Levenson Dataset credits: Data provider Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organisation Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: Dominica Sea turtle Conservation Organization, in partnership with the Georgia Aquarium, are working to research and conserve sea turtles in Dominica. A small island in the Caribbean, Dominica has several sea turtle species nesting on it's beaches. Leatherbacks have been the main focus due to poaching on the island of adults and nests. Georgia Aquarium and DomSeTCO support patrollers on the main leatherback nesting beaches and has initiated a sea turtle tour program bringing visitors and locals alike to witness sea turtle nesting events on the island. 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.
Original provider: Jake Levenson Dataset credits: Data provider Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organisation Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: Dominica Sea turtle Conservation Organization, in partnership with the Georgia Aquarium, are working to research and conserve sea turtles in Dominica. A small island in the Caribbean, Dominica has several sea turtle species nesting on it's beaches. Leatherbacks have been the main focus due to poaching on the island of adults and nests. Georgia Aquarium and DomSeTCO support patrollers on the main leatherback nesting beaches and has initiated a sea turtle tour program bringing visitors and locals alike to witness sea turtle nesting events on the island. 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.
Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Marine biology, Observation, Occurrence, A, North Atlantic, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
Geographical coverage
A, North Atlantic [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
19 May 2014 - 22 May 2015
Taxonomic coverage
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) [WoRMS]
Contributors
Seaturtle.org, data creator, data owner, proposer
Levenson, Jacob
Duke University; Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, dataset publisher
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Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
URLs
Release date: 2021-04-23
Metadatarecord created: 2023-02-09
Information last updated: 2023-04-27