Marine Turtle Nesting Locations, Queensland and Northern Territory coastlines, Australia 1915-2012

Col Limpus, Queensland Government

Dataset credit

OBIS and OBIS Australia

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Col Limpus Queensland Government N/A
Secondary contact Dave Watts CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Secondary contact Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility (ACEF) Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)

Citation

Limpus, C., D. Watts and A. (ACEF). 2021. Marine Turtle Nesting Locations, Queensland and Northern Territory coastlines, Australia 1915-2012. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from iOBIS (https//:www.iobis.org). Data accessed from https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152462.
Limpus, C. 2020. Marine Turtle Nesting Locations, Queensland and Northern Territory coastlines, Australia 1915-2012. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152462) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/6a2c5c17-40cf-444f-8fda-c78fa257116f)

Abstract

There are no information on how the data was acquired. See metadata record https://acef.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/main.home?uuid=a2d67ad1-7fb2-4a35-81ca-d5b4d5bfdfc7 for contact details.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

This dataset was downloaded from OBIS (https://obis.org/). The records for only marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles and rays and sharks were extracted. Records with no longitude/latitude or no date (eventDate) were excluded.
OBIS dataset page:
https://obis.org/dataset/6a2c5c17-40cf-444f-8fda-c78fa257116f
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://ogc-act.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=acef_marine_turtle_nests

Change History

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

- 1.0.0 (2020-06-30) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

Attributes

Overview

Attributes are defined by OBIS.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
oidInternal ID
idRecord ID
dataset_idDataset ID
scientificnameScientific name
vernacularnameVernacular name
aphiaidAphia ID
taxonranktaxononic rank
individualcountGroup size / individual count
eventdateEvent date (precision varies)
eventtimeEvent time
decimallatitudeLatitude in decimal degrees
decimallongitudeLongitude in decimal degrees
coordinateprecisionCoordinate precision
catalognumberCatalog number
collectioncodeCollection code
occurrencestatusOccurrence status
basisofrecordBasis of record (HumanObservation / MachineObservation)
modifiedDate/time the record was modified
node_idNode ID
occurrenceidOccurrence ID
occurrenceremarksOccurrence remarks
eventidEvent ID
institutioncodeInstitution code
lifestageLife stage
sexSex of the animal if known
speciesSpecies by provider
datasetidDataset ID by provider
countryCountry
localityLocation of ocean
waterbodyDetails of ocean
droppedFlag indicating the record was dropped (always false)
absenceFlag indicating the record represents the absence of the species (always false)
marineFlag indicating the record is for marine life (always true)
obs_datetime
tprecision
on_land
date_in_future
OBIS-SEAMAP ID103152462
Version1.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles3,322
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total3,322
Date, Begin1915-01-01
Date, End2012-01-01
Temporal prec.100000
Latitude-27.51 - -9.13
Longitude138.00 - 153.53
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformVarious
Data typeAnimal sighting
EffortN/A
Registered2020-06-30
Updated2021-02-05
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY (All)
Sub group(s)OBIS
Shared with None
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
See download history / statistics