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Green turtles in the Canary Islands (aggregated per 1-degree cell) [La tortuga verde en las islas Canarias (aggregated per 1-degree cell)]
Citation
Liria A. 2021. La tortuga verde en las islas Canarias / Green turtles in the Canary Islands. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1170) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=988).. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4806
Contact:
Liria Loza, Ana Availability:
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Description
Several species of sea turtles can be observed in waters off the Canary Islands (Eastern Atlantic). One of them is the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), less frequent than the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), and with little information. Project title: The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and the Natura 2000 network in the Canary Islands. Scope Themes: Biology > Reptiles Keywords: Marine/Coastal, organism, ASE, Canary I., EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographical coverage ASE, Canary I. [Marine Regions] EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -17,029; MinLat: 27,633 - MaxLong: -15,571; MaxLat: 28,212 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
26 April 2014 - 29 November 2014 Taxonomic coverage
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Parameter
Occurrence of biota Contributors
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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: 2015-03-18
Information last updated: 2024-08-08
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