Movement patterns of nesting green turtles in Tanzania (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Lindsey West

doi:10.15468/ft9nze

Movement patterns of nesting green turtles in Tanzania (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

West L, OBIS-SEAMAP, Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (2021). Movement patterns of nesting green turtles in Tanzania (aggregated per 1-degree cell). OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ft9nze accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-16.

Description

Original provider: Sea Sense Dataset credits: Data provider Sea Sense, Tanzania Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: Sea Sense is conducting research into the migratory behaviour of green turtles to better understand their movements and identify important foraging grounds and migratory corridors in the western Indian Ocean region. This kind of information is being used in Tanzania to develop a National Sea Turtle Status Report which will eventually feed into a National Sea Turtle Recovery Plan.

To date, satellite tags have been deployed on nesting green turtles in Mafia Island, Temeke and Pangani which are the three most important green turtle rookeries in Tanzania. Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Lindsey West
originator
position: Primary contact
Sea Sense
email: lindsey@seasense.org
homepage: http://www.seasense.org/

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Lindsey West
owner
position: Primary contact
Sea Sense
email: lindsey@seasense.org
homepage: http://www.seasense.org/

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
originator
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/

Lindsey West
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Sea Sense
email: lindsey@seasense.org
homepage: http://www.seasense.org/