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Irish Marine Turtle Database Citation National Biodiversity Data Centre: Irish Marine Turtle Database, 2013-06-20. Accessed via http://www.gbif.org/dataset/0f6311c5-19a4-482a-a0bf-cbfe217a355d on yyyy-mm-dd https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/n7exyu Contact: Berrow, Simon ; King, Gabriel Availability: Restricted The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation Description A database of records of marine turtles in Irish territorial waters up to 2006. more The purpose of this data capture was to collate all valid records of marine turtles in a single database. The data consists of a compilation and review of both published and unpublished records, between 1838 and 2006, from the Irish coastal and territorial waters. The data have all been reviewed and more recent sightings were validated by Gabriel King. Some biological records have more precise location information than others. Often they are recorded using national grid references, which identify which 50km, 10km, 2km, 1km or 100m square they occur in. For this dataset, all records (989) are at the 100m resolution. Often the actual day on which records were made is not known precisely. However, they may be known to be within a particular month or year. For 709 records the date precision is "day range", for 276 records the date precision is "day", and for 7 records the date precision is unknown. Scope Themes: Biology > Reptiles Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Historical records, Long term follow up, Ireland, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758), Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761), Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766), Lepidochelys kempii Garman, 1880, Testudines Geographical coverage Temporal coverage 1838 - 2006 Taxonomic coverage Parameter Animal sightings Contributors Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Literature research Metadatarecord created: 2012-07-17 Information last updated: 2022-08-10 | ||||
