Stranded sea turtles in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Guzmán-Hernández, V., Rivas-Hernández, G., García-Alvarado, P.A., Huerta-
Rodríguez, P., Peralta-Jiménez, X.

The long-term recording of stranded and dead sea turtle individuals in
those critical habitats is crucial for management and restoration action
planning. In Mexico, some multiple-year operating conservation programs
count with a long-term sea turtle mortality database, as in Campeche,
Mexico, where some of the largest hawksbill nesting populations in the
West Atlantic reside. This dataset is a historic reference baseline about the
spatiotemporal mortality patterns of the imperiled sea turtle species in the
southeastern Gulf of Mexico, showing their interactions with anthropogenic
activities and circumstances that jeopardize their population recovery.

To contribute to the scientific and decision-making stakeholders with
historical data regarding interactions between endangered sea turtle
individuals and suspicious anthropic activities. This dataset aims to foster
further research for proposing management actions and promote the
relevance of having long-term monitoring data for robust strategies and
decision-making in any region.

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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)
country	Country
state	State
year_s	Year
month_s	Month
date	Date
time	Time (always blank)
locality	Locality
species	Species name
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
lccn_s	LCCN in cm
sex_lf_stag	Sex
possible_cause	Possible cause
providing_institution	Providing institution
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
geom	Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP