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Migratory movements of the hawksbill sea turtle. PNSAV Islands. Veracruz, Mexico [Movimiento migratorio de la tortuga carey. Islas del PNSAV. Veracruz, Ver., México]
Contact: Marine Laboratory, more

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

Notes: Only data aggregated per 1-degree cell are available through OBIS. For access to additional data, the provider needs to be contacted.

Description
With the purpose to know the migratory movements and feeding areas, 3 transmitters were attached to 3 female hawksbill turtles who had spawned in Sacrificios Island and in Enmedio Island, within the Veracruz Reef System National Park (PNSAV, Veracruz, Mexico). Supplemental infomation: 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
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ASW, Mexico Gulf, South, ASW, Mexico, Quintana Roo, Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Geographical coverage
ASW, Mexico Gulf, South
ASW, Mexico, Quintana Roo [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1 July 2014 - 18 January 2015

Taxonomic coverage
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) [WoRMS]

Parameter
Occurrence of biota

Contributors
Aquarium of Veracruz, moredata creator
Duke University; Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences; Marine Laboratory, more

Related datasets
Published in:
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Coyne, M.S.; Godley, B.J. (2005). Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 301: 1-7, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-19
Information last updated: 2015-03-19
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