Satellite tracking of rehabilitated juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley turtles in the northeastern USA

Fundacion Oceanografic

Dataset credit

Nathan J. Robinson, Fundacion Oceanografic

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Nathan Robinson Fundacion Oceanografic
Data entry Ei Fujioka Duke University

Citation

Robinson NJ, Deguzman K, Bonacci-Sullivan L, DiGiovanni Jr. RA, Pinou T. 2020. Rehabilitated sea turtles tend to resume typical migratory behaviors: satellite tracking juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp’s ridley turtles in the northeastern USA. Endangered Species Research. 43:133-43.
Robinson, N. 2020. Satellite tracking of rehabilitated juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley turtles in the northeastern USA. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/4517674b.
Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.

Abstract

Satellite tracking data for 31 rehabilitated loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles tracked from the waters of New York, US.

The data have already been processed using a state-space model to provide daily location estimates.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Tracking data were processed using a state-space model to provide daily location estimates at 12:00:00pm.

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 (2020-12-02) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

Robinson NJ, Deguzman K, Bonacci-Sullivan L, DiGiovanni Jr. RA, Pinou T. 2020. Rehabilitated sea turtles tend to resume typical migratory behaviors: satellite tracking juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp’s ridley turtles in the northeastern USA. Endangered Species Research. 43:133-43.
Robinson, N. 2020. Satellite tracking of rehabilitated juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley turtles in the northeastern USA. OBIS-SEAMAP. 2133.

Attributes

Overview

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
oidUnique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP)
tag_idTag ID
dateDate
timeTime at local time zone (always 12:00:00pm)
lonLongitude in decimal degrees
latLatitude in decimal degrees
speciesSpecies name
sp_tsnITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_countNumber of animals (always 1) added by OBIS-SEAMAP
geomGeometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP
OBIS-SEAMAP ID2133
DOI10.82144/4517674b
Version1.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles3,827
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total3,827
Date, Begin2005-08-16
Date, End2015-08-14
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude25.55 - 42.39
Longitude-81.34 - -35.41
Coord. prec.6 decimal digits
PlatformTag
Data typeTelemetry location
TracklinesYES (ID: 2134)
Traveled (km)63,515
Travel hours102,624
Registered2020-12-02
Updated2025-08-29
StatusPublished
Sharing policy CC-BY-NC (Minimum)
Sub group(s)SWOT
Shared with SWOT
GBIF
OBIS
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
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