WWF Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking in Latin America and the Caribbean

Data provider
WWF LAC Species Tracking Program
Originating data center
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)
Project partner
Parques Nacionales de Colombia (DT Pacífico, Parque Nacional Gorgona, Parque Nacional Utria)
Iniciativa Carey del Pacífico Oriental (ICAPO)
Autoridad de los Recursos Acuáticos de Panamá (ARAP)
Fundación Natura - Colombia
Asociación Caguama- Colombia
Fundación Charles Darwin - Galapagos, Ecuador
Latin America Sea Turtles (LAST)
Ministerio de Ambiente de Panamá
Campamento Tortuguero Mayto - Mexico

Project sponsor or sponsor description
WWF Netherlands and the Postcode Lottery’s Project Oceans
WWF US, WWF SFI
Seaturtle.org and its STAT tracking tool
PNUD
Gray Family Foundation

English:

This World Wildlife Fund (WWF) project is tracking the movements of green / black (Chelonia mydas / Chelonia agassizii), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea), loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) marine turtles along the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean region.

The knowledge gained from such tracking will enable us to better understand the routes of these species. This will then allow us to improve conservation strategies for the benefit of these ancient travelers.

The first tagging of this project was made in March 2013 within the protected waters of Gorgona Island National Park, located 56 km (44 miles) off Colombia’s Pacific coast. This excursion was led by Dr. Diego Amorocho, WWF Species Program Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, with the help of biologists Alexander Tobón and Juan S. Ayala and documented by Molly Edmonds from WWF-US.

Two juvenile hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata)--“Celeste” and “Mateo”--were captured at La Azufrada reef. They were each fitted with a SPOT5 transmitter attached with an epoxy solution and later released in Playa Blanca reef. Both areas lie within Gorgona National Park.

For more information go to: http://worldwildlife.org/stories?species_id=sea-turtle

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Español:

Este proyecto de World Wildlife Fund (WWF) monitorea los movimientos de tortugas verde / negra (Chelonia mydas / Chelonia agassizii), laúd (Dermochelys coriacea), golfina (Lepidochelys olivacea), caguama (Caretta caretta) y carey (Eretmochelys imbricata) a lo largo del Océano Pacífico Oriental y la región del Caribe.

El conocimiento obtenido de dicho seguimiento nos permitirá comprender mejor las rutas de estas especies. Esto entonces nos va a servir para mejorar las estrategias de conservación para el beneficio de estos antiguos viajeros.

La instalación de los primeros transmisores satelitales de este proyecto se realizó en marzo de 2013 en las aguas protegidas del Parque Nacional Natural Isla Gorgona, situado a 56 km (44 millas) de la costa del Pacífico de Colombia. Esta excursión fue dirigido por el Dr. Diego Amorocho, Coordinador Regional del Programa de Especies de WWF para Latino America y el Caribe y contó con la ayuda de los biólogos Alexander Tobón y Juan S. Ayala y fue documentado por Molly Edmonds de WWF-US.

Las primeras tortugas marcadas con un transmisor satelital fueron dos juveniles de tortuga carey (Eretmochelys imbricata) llamadas Celeste y Mateo. Estas fueron capturadas en el arrecife de La Azufrada. Cada una de ellas fue equipada con un transmisor SPOT5 unido con una solución de epoxy y posteriormente liberada en otro arrecife llamado Playa Blanca. Ambos tapetes coralinos se encuentran dentro del Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Pacífico de Colombia.

Mas información sobre tortugas marinas en http://worldwildlife.org/stories?species_id=sea-turtle

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Visit STAT's project page for additional information.

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.

Overview

Attributes are defined by seaturtle.org.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
sort	Internal use
uid	Unique ID assigned by STAT
prognum	Program number
tag_id	PTT ID
utc	Date and time in UTC
lc	Location class
iq	Quality indicator
lat1	Latitude in decimal degrees
dir1	Dir 1
lon1	Longitude in decimal degrees
dir2	Dir 2
lat2
dir3	Dir 3
lon2
dir4	Dir 4
nb_mes	Number of messages received
big_nb_mes
best_level	Best signal strength in dB
pass_duration	Pass duration in seconds
nopc	Number Of Plausibility Checks successful (from 0-4)
calcul_freq	Calculated frequency
altitude	Altitude used for location calculation
sensors	Sensors
species	Species name
tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
timestamp	Numeric timestamp
project_id	STAT Project ID
lc_filter	Parameters to location filtering
speed_filter	Parameters to speed filtering
distance_filter	Parameters to distance filtering
topo_filter	Parameters to topo filtering
time_filter	Parameters to time filtering
angle_filter	Parameters to angle filtering
life_stage	Life stage of the animal
gender	Gender of the animal
wetdry	Wet or dry
wetdry_filter	Parameters to Wet or dry filterint
obs_datetime	Date and time (local time zone)
timezone_h	Time difference from UTC
dataset_id	Dataset ID by OBIS-SEAMAP