University of Eldoret satellite tracked green sea turtles from Kenya 2012 under SWIOFP

University of Eldoret, Kenya
Institut Français pour L'Exploitation de la Mer
Kélonia

Satellites tracking of marine turtles was done to identify the main feeding sites of marine turtle nesting in Kenya and assess the interaction between marine turtle and industrial fisheries during their migration. Three nesting sea turtles were tracked from a beach in the North coast of Kenya (-3.83°S, 39.82°E). One of the turtle moved North to a known foraging creek (Takaungu), while another moved to a foraging ground on the South (Gazi). The third turtle just foraged on the near shore reef within where it was tagged.

The purpose of the tracking was identify the main feeding sites of marine turtle nesting in Kenya and assess the interaction between marine turtle and industrial fisheries during their migration.

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Overview

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Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
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Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
tag_id	Tag ID
obs_datetime	Date and time of observation in local time calculated by OBIS-SEAMAP
datetime_utc	Date and time of observation in UTC
lc	Location class
time_zone	Time zone of the datetime_utc values (always UTC)
obs_count	Number of animals (always 1)
age_class	Age (always Adult)
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
sp_obs	Species name recorded
provider	Data provider
owner	Data owner
tagging_lat	Latitude of tagging location
tagging_lon	Longitude of tagging location
country	Country
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP