ARCAS sea turtle strandings at Hawaii, Guatemala 2010-2013

Asociacion Rescate y Conservacion de Vida Silvestres (ARCAS)

In 2011, ARCAS documented the mortality of 39 olive ridley sea turtles in the área of Hawaii on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. Another mortality of 128 turtlesm occured in 2013 in an área stretching roughly from the resort of Monterrico to the Salvadoran border. Unlike the 2011 stranding, which was all but one Green, entirely olive ridleys, the 2013 had more of a mix of species, including 113 olive ridleys, 13 greens, 1 hawksbill and 1 leatherback. at the same time, in neighboring El Salvador, there was a stranding of 190 sea turtles.

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A stranding of Olive Ridley on 8/29/2012 was deleted as the location of this event was inaccurate.

Overview

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Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID (created by OBIS-SEAMAP)
recnum	Record number (created by OBIS-SEAMAP)
no	Number
obs_date	Date of observation
observer	Observer
latitude	Latitude of observation (decimal degrees)
longitude	Longitude of observation (decimal degrees)
gps	GPS coordinates (original format)
sector	Sector
condition	Condition of stranded sea turtle (alive without injuries, fresh dead, moderately decomposed, dried carcass, skeleton, bones only)
sp_obs	Observed species
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_count	Number of animals observed (1)
sex	Sex (male, female, or unknown)
ccl	Curved carapace length (cm)
ccw	Curved carapace width (cm)
scl	Straight carapace length (cm)
scw	Straight carapace width (cm)
tags	Tags (front left flipper, front right flipper, back left flipper, back right flipper)
returnadd	Return address
injuries	Injuries
obs_time	Time of observation was not available, so "00:00:00" was used
notes	Time of observation was not available, so "00:00:00" was used
dataset	Dataset name
necropsy	Necropsy (yes/no)
ttl	Total tail length (cm)
pctl	Post-cloacal tail length (cm)
disposition	Final disposition of the turtle
site	Site
utmzone	UTM zone (15N)
long_utm	x in UTM
lat_utm	y in UTM
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP