Document of dataset 5393

Dataset record

Type

Dataset

title in English

WWF Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking in Latin America and the Caribbean

Description in English

The knowledge gained from such tracking will enable us to better understand the routes of these species. This will then allow us to improve conservation strategies for the benefit of these ancient travelers.

The first tagging of this project was made in March 2013 within the protected waters of Gorgona Island National Park, located 56 km (44 miles) off Colombia’s Pacific coast. This excursion was led by Dr. Diego Amorocho, WWF Species Program Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, with the help of biologists Alexander Tobón and Juan S. Ayala and documented by Molly Edmonds from WWF-US.

Two juvenile hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata)--“Celeste” and “Mateo”--were captured at La Azufrada reef. They were each fitted with a SPOT5 transmitter attached with an epoxy solution and later released in Playa Blanca reef. Both areas lie within Gorgona National Park.

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

Abstract in English

This World Wildlife Fund (WWF) project is tracking the movements of green / black (Chelonia mydas / Chelonia agassizii), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea), loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) marine turtles along the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean region.

License

https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html

bibliographicCitation

Amorocho D. 2016. WWF Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking in Latin America and the Caribbean. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1306) on yyyy-mm-dd.

Comment

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