Dataset record
- Type
- Dataset
- title in English
- Georgia Aquarium/DomSeTCO Leatherback's of Dominica (aggregated per 1-degree cell)
- Description in English
- 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.
- Abstract in English
- 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.
- Contactpoint
-
- Email
- jlevenson@mac.com
- License
- https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html
- bibliographicCitation
- 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).
- Comment
- Only data aggregated per 1-degree cell are available through OBIS. The non-aggregated data are available through the OBIS-SEAMAP Portal
- Release
date
- Apr 23 2021 10:00PM
Temporal coverage
- Temporal
-
- Start date
- 2014-05-19
- End date
- 2015-05-22
Thesaurus terms
- Keyword
- Bio-geographical regions
- Biota
- Environment
- Geoscientific Information
- Habitats and biotopes
- Marine biology
- Metadata non conformant
- Metadata not evaluated
- No limitations to public access
- Observation
- Occurrence
- Oceans
- Sea regions
- WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
- XYZ ASCII
Themes
- theme
- Biology > Reptiles