POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition

Diana Catarino, University of the Azores Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (UAC-DOP);Miguel Machete, University of the Azores Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (UAC-DOP)

Dataset credit

OBIS and EurOBIS

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Diana Catarino University of the Azores Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (UAC-DOP)
Primary contact Miguel Machete University of the Azores Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (UAC-DOP)
Secondary contact Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) N/A
Secondary contact University of the Azores Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (UAC-DOP) N/A

Citation

Machete, M.; Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAC), Portugal; (2014): POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition. https://doi.org/10.14284/14
Catarino, D. and M. Machete. 2021. POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition. 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/103152472.
Catarino, D and M. Machete. 2020. POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/103152472) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from OBIS (https://obis.org/dataset/7350897b-08d7-461c-88e8-96d873229003)

Abstract

Sightings (snap shots) of sea turtles collected by Biosphere Expeditions colaborators specifically for POPA. Since 2004 that Biosphere Expeditions (www.biosphere-expeditions.org) collects data for POPA in the Azores central group in April and May.
For more detailed information on the dataset, including abundances estimates, please contact data owner (miguel@uac.pt)

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/7350897b-08d7-461c-88e8-96d873229003
Data Provider's dataset page:
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=be_turtle_sightings_2004_2013

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

Machete, M.; Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAC), Portugal; (2014): POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition. https://doi.org/10.14284/14

Attributes

Overview

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
oid
id
dataset_id
scientificname
vernacularname
aphiaid
taxonrank
individualcount
eventdate
eventtime
decimallatitude
decimallongitude
coordinateprecision
catalognumber
collectioncode
occurrencestatus
basisofrecord
modified
node_id
occurrenceid
occurrenceremarks
eventid
institutioncode
lifestage
sex
species
datasetid
country
locality
waterbody
dropped
absence
marine
obs_datetime
tprecision
on_land
date_in_future
OBIS-SEAMAP ID103152472
Version1.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles97
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total97
Date, Begin2004-04-26
Date, End2013-04-25
Temporal prec.111000
Latitude38.16 - 38.84
Longitude-28.99 - -28.12
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