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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). https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8206
Contact: Levenson, Jacob ;

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Availability: Creative Commons License 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 centerSatellite 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
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Marine biology, Observation, Occurrence, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, A, North Atlantic, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -63,5; MinLat: 14,5 - MaxLong: -17,5; MaxLat: 47,5 [WGS84]
A, North Atlantic [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
19 May 2014 - 22 May 2015

Taxonomic coverage
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) [WoRMS]

Contributors
Seaturtle.org, moredata creatordata ownerproposer
Duke University; Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, moredataset publisher

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more


Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Release date: 2021-04-23
Metadatarecord created: 2023-02-09
Information last updated: 2023-11-20
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy