National Marine Life Center: Sea Turtle Releases

National Marine Life Center

Dataset credit

Data provider
National Marine Life Center
Originating data center
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)
Project partner
The National Marine Life Center works closely with stranding network partners: the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the New England Aquarium, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA's Woods Hole Science Aquarium, the University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Sea Williams National Marine Life Center
Data entry Michael Coyne seaturtle.org

Citation

Abstract

The National Marine Life Center is an independent, non-profit marine animal hospital and science education center dedicated to rehabilitating for release stranded sea turtles, seals, dolphins, porpoises, and small whales, and to advancing scientific knowledge and education in marine wildlife health and conservation.
Sea turtles are fitted with satellite tags to help evaluate rehabilation success and to determine their movements once released back into their ocean homes.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

Visit STAT's project page for additional information.

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 (2009-04-21) - Initial
  • Initial release

References

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
oid
sort
uid
prognum
tag_id
utc
lc
iq
lat1
dir1
lon1
dir2
lat2
dir3
lon2
dir4
nb_mes
big_nb_mes
best_level
pass_duration
nopc
calcul_freq
altitude
sensors
species
tsn
timestamp
project_id
lc_filter
speed_filter
distance_filter
topo_filter
time_filter
angle_filter
life_stage
gender
wetdry
wetdry_filter
obs_datetime
timezone_h
dataset_id
OBIS-SEAMAP ID500
DOI10.82144/04f5a263
Version1.0.0
Seabirds0
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles295
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total295
Date, Begin2008-07-30
Date, End2009-08-28
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude30.23 - 41.83
Longitude-88.78 - -56.17
Coord. prec.3 decimal digits
PlatformTag
Data typeTelemetry location
TracklinesYES (ID: 501)
Traveled (km)9,787
Travel hours9,110
Registered2009-04-21
Updated2024-02-29
StatusPublished
Sharing policy Permission required
Sub group(s)STAT
Shared with GBIF*
OBIS*
* Aggregated summary
Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML
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