Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Occurrence Observation
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Description

Original provider: Projeto TAMAR Dataset credits: Data provider Projeto Tamar-Ibama Originating data center <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a> Project sponsor or sponsor description This work was possible as a result of the financial support of Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center). Abstract: The project entitled Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil of through Satellite Telemetry is part of the larger research program entitled Priority Research Studies on the Biology of the Sea Turtles, developed by Project TAMAR-IBAMA with the support of the Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center). The objective of this project is to use satellite telemetry to study and analyze the at-sea movements of female turtles, both during and following the nesting season, for the most threatened species that occur along the Brazilian coast (Caretta caretta, Dermochelys coriacea, Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepdochelys olivacea). The project will involve the deployment of 40 satellite tags: 15 on hawksbill turtles, 5 on leatherback turtles, 10 on loggerhead turtles and 10 on olive ridley turtles. The project officially began on February 02nd, 2005 when 15 satellite tags (KiwiSat 101 from Sirtrack Limited) were attached to the carapaces of hawksbill turtles that had just finished nesting on beaches along the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. In continuity to this Study, 03 transmitters KiwiSat 101(with capacity to work for up to 450 days) were installed in females of the species Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle) in Espirito Santo, only reproductive area of this species in the Brazilian coast. The last species that received transmitters was the Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle), in the coast of Bahia, and Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle), in the north coast of Sergipe, in the February of 2006. For further information on Projeto Tamar-Ibama history, sea turtle biology and the Satellite Telemetry Program, with updated maps on recent and past studies, visit our webpage, www.projetotamar.org.br, and learn more about the conservation of sea turtles in Brazil. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

guslopez@tamar.org.br g. 2024. Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry. 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=63). https://doi.org/10.82144/bf50064d.

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: bce1139a-ed57-49b4-a670-0b283a8e4e19.  OBIS-SEAMAP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Marine Biology; Telemetry; Tagged animal; Occurrence; Observation

External data

The resource data is also available in other formats

OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/984 UTF-8 Interactive map
FGDC Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/984/fgdc UTF-8 XML
EML Metadata https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/984/eml UTF-8 XML
STAT Project Page http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=63 UTF-8 Original web site

Contacts

guslopez@tamar.org.br guslopez@tamar.org.br
  • Owner
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Primary contact
Projeto Tamar-Ibama
OBIS-SEAMAP
  • Metadata Provider
  • Distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
  • A328 LSRC building
27708 Durham
NC
US
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool

Geographic Coverage

Oceans

Bounding Coordinates South West [-47.828, -112.994], North East [9.064, 9.899]

Taxonomic Coverage

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Species Caretta caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle), Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle), Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill sea turtle), Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive ridley)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2005-02-05 / 2009-09-11

Project Data

No Description available

Title Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry
Funding NA

The personnel involved in the project:

guslopez@tamar.org.br guslopez@tamar.org.br
  • Owner

Sampling Methods

NA

Study Extent NA

Method step description:

  1. NA

Collection Data

Collection Name zd_984_1deg
Collection Identifier zd_984_1deg
Parent Collection Identifier OBIS-SEAMAP

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Coyne, M. S., and B. J. Godley. 2005. Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Marine Ecology Progress Series: Vol. 301: 1-7. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v301/meps301001