Loggerhead turtles in Slovenian and adjacent waters (north Adriatic Sea) in 2002-2008

Tilen Genov, Morigenos - marine mammal research & conservation society, Slovenia

This dataset, collected by Morigenos, comprises sightings of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in Slovenian and adjacent waters of the north Adriatic Sea, between 2002 and 2008. Dataset was collected as part of a long-term program for the study, monitoring and conservation of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). This resulted in one of the largest datasets on free-ranging marine turtles in the north Adriatic Sea.

Morigenos is an independent and non-profit, scientific non-governmental organization that aims to combine scientific research, monitoring, education, public awareness, capacity building and management, to achieve effective conservation of the marine environment and biodiversity.


The central activity of Morigenos is the Slovenian Dolphin Project, a long-term research, monitoring and conservation programme, focusing on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Slovenian and adjacent waters in the northern Adriatic Sea. Research activities focus on dolphin distribution, abundance, social structure, habitat use, feeding habits, fishery interactions and tourism impact through dedicated boat surveys, land-based watches and theodolite tracking, photo-identification and mark-recapture techniques, behavioural observations and passive acoustic monitoring.


Other activities include research on loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), education, public awareness and capacity building.


Further information can be found at www.morigenos.org.

The day part of the observation date is masked, replaced with 01.

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
oid	Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)
row_id	Row ID
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
obs_date	date of observation. The day part is masked, replaced with 01.
sp_obs	Species name
sp_tsn	Taxonomic Serial Number by Integrated Taxonomic Information System
obs_count	animal count
data_owner	Data owner
org	Organization
geom	definition not provided