Gabon Olive Ridley Tracking Project: Pongara National Park 2015

Data provider
Old Dominion
Originating data center
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)
Project partner
This project is a collaborative effort between the Gabon National Parks Agency, CENAREST (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique), the Gabon Sea Turtle Partnership, Old Dominion University, Wildlife Conservation Society Gabon and the Marine Turtle Research Group at the University of Exeter.

We gratefully acknowledge Pierre Didier Agamboue, Wilfrid Agamboue, Stephane Lamou Allan, Carmen Kouerey, Francis Lambert, Ivan Ndanga, Jacob Nzegoue, Patrick Ogandaga for field support; and also Baie des Tortues, Abbad Engone Obame El Hadj, and Jaime Dias for logistical support; Danielle Achterfeld and Mary Hayward for logistical support at ODU; and the ANPN and CENAREST for authorising the work and providing field assistance.

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Partenaires du projet
Ce projet est un effort de collaboration entre l'Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux du Gabon (ANPN), le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CENAREST), le Partenariat pour les Tortues Marines du Gabon, Old Dominion University, Wildlife Conservation Society Gabon et le Marine Turtle Research Group à l'Université d'Exeter.

Nous tenons à remercier Pierre Didier Agamboue, Wilfrid Agamboue, Stéphane Lamou Allan, Carmen Kouerey, Francis Lambert, Ivan Ndanga, Jacob Nzegoue, Patrick Ogandaga pour le soutien sur le terrain; et également Baie des Tortues, Abbad Engone Obame El Hadj, et Jaime Dias pour le soutien logistique; et l'ANPN et le CENAREST pour autoriser le travail et fournir leur assistance sur le terrain.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project is sponsored by Old Dominion University and the Commonwealth of Virginia

This project seeks to develop a more detailed understanding of the relative density of at-sea habitat use and, this year, diving behavior and oceanographic preferences for the olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) turtle to allow for more effective marine spatial planning efforts in support of marine protected area design, fisheries management and petrochemical exploration activities. The project is funded by Old Dominion University and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Ce projet vise à développer une compréhension plus détaillée de la densité relative de l'utilisation de l'habitat marin et, cette année, du comportement de plongée et les préférences océanographiques de la tortue olivâtre (Lepidochelys olivacea). Cela va permettre des efforts de planification spatiale plus efficaces à l'appui de la conception des aires marines protégées, de la gestion des pêches et des activités de l’industrie pétrolière. Le projet est financé par Old Dominion University et le Commonwealth of Virginia, USA.

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Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

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
prognum	Program number
tag_id	PTT ID
lc	Location class
iq	Quality indicator
dir1	Dir 1
nb_mes	Number of messages received
big_nb_mes	definition not provided
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
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