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Kitabanga Project - Marine turtle conservation [Projecto Kitabanga - Conservação de Tartarugas Marinhas]
Citation
Contact: Marine Laboratory, more
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Description
Track data from turtles tagged by the Kitabanga project, runned since 2003 by the Department of Biology of the Agostinho Neto University (Angola). The objectives of this project are, amongst others, to know the hatching areas and species, feeding areas, population dynamics and migration patterns.
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, ASE, Angola, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761), Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Geographical coverage
ASE, Angola [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
27 January 2009 - 21 April 2014
Taxonomic coverage
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) [WoRMS]
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) [WoRMS]
Parameter
Occurrence of biota
Contributors
Universidade Agostinho Neto; Faculdade de Ciências; DEI de Biologia, more, data creator
Morais, Miguel
Duke University; Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences; Marine Laboratory, more
Related datasets
Published in:
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more
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
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Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-20
Information last updated: 2015-03-20
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