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Satellite-tracking of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean
Citation
Abalo Morla S.; Technical University of Valencia (UPV), Spain; (2023): Satellite-tracking of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8128
Contact: Abalo Morla, Sara ;

Access data
Archived data
Availability: CC0 To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.

Notes: Open Database License (ODC-ODbL)

Description
Satellite-tracking data of 44 loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean between 2016-2018. Our dataset consists in a CSV file-format which provides the turtle identity name or number, the date and coordinates of the location data, and the Argos location class associated. A metadata spreadsheet file is also provided with other relevant information. Raw data was compiled from Argos, only Doppler locations class 2 and higher were included in the OBIS-ENV data transformation to provide location accuracy. Original dataset download link https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/wF4jn2ypDiAgJ2U more

Turtles were satellite-tagged and raw data were collected using the Argos system. Dataset includes tracking data of different life-stages: i) 17 one-year-aged post-hatchlings of loggerhead sea turtle came from nests laid on the Mediterranean Spanish coast; ii) 4 loggerhead nesting females collected from nesting events occurred on the Spanish Mediterranean coast; iii) 21 juvenile and 2 adult loggerhead sea turtles from fisheries bycatch. Our data contribute to the knowledge about the spatial use of the loggerhead sea turtle in the Mediterranean Sea and could be used in further analysis regarding habitat use and dispersal of this species in the Mediterranean basin. This submission is related to the data article: . Abalo-Morla, E.J. Belda, J. Tomás, J.L. Crespo-Picazo, A. Marco, O, Revuelta, 2022. Satellite-tracking dataset of loggerhead sea turtles from western Mediterranean. Data in Brief, 43:108432 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108432.


Scope
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Argos satellite, Data non conformant, Metadata conformant, Satellite tracking, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Mediterranean Region

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -64,676; MinLat: -6,715 - MaxLong: 88,035; MaxLat: 55,049 [WGS84]
Mediterranean Region [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
31 August 2016 - 15 January 2019

Parameters

Development stage of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Gender of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Length of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Specimen weight of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Track duration of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Width of biological entity specified elsewhere Subcomponent: carapace [BODC]

Contributors
Technical University of Valencia; Department of Transportation Infrastructures and Engineering (UPV), moredata creatordata provider

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

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2022-10-14
Information last updated: 2024-02-26
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