LMMSTRP-Kemp's Ridley 1 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Jamie Mullins

doi:10.15468/vjbuxv

LMMSTRP-Kemp's Ridley 1 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Mullins J. 2021. LMMSTRP-Kemp's Ridley 1. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/547) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=449). https://doi.org/10.15468/vjbuxv accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-20.

Description

Original provider: Louisiana Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Rescue Program Dataset credits: Data provider Louisiana Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Rescue Program Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner LDWF-Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas-New Orleans, Louisiana Project sponsor or sponsor description LDWF-Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Abstract: Lagniappe is an adult female Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle that was found in a burrow pit pond in Southern Vermilion Parish, Louisiana and is believed to have been trapped in the pond since Hurricane Ike in September 2008. The term “Lagniappe” means “an extra or unexpected gift or benefit” and is a term commonly used in Louisiana.
The rescue effort for Lagniappe was spearheaded by The Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program-“ LMMSTRP” along with the valuable help of other partner organizations such as The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas (AAOA). The rescue took place on March 11, 2009. Once the turtle was rescued it was transported to the Audubon’s Aquatic Center (AAC). LDWF furthermore secured LMMSTRP the funding to obtain a satellite tag. Lagniappe was outfitted with a Kiwistat 101 tag by Sirtrack. The tracking of a rehabilitated sea turtle is very important to the LMMSTRP program in that a rehab turtle has not been tagged since 2005. Lagniappe was released on October 14, 2009 21 miles off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
Along the Louisiana Coast we get countless stranded sea turtles in particular Kemp’s Ridley. By tagging Lagniappe we hope to gain more crucially valuable data that would enable us to understand more about such an endangered species.
The Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program is a volunteer organization based out of Audubon Aquarium of the Americas through the Audubon Nature Institute. It is committed to the humane care and treatment of injured, ill, or out-of-habit marine mammals (such as manatees) and sea turtles. 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

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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

Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's Ridley rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jamie Mullins
originator
position: Primary contact
Jamie Mullins
email: jmullins@auduboninstitute.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

Jamie Mullins
owner
position: Primary contact
Jamie Mullins
email: jmullins@auduboninstitute.org

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

Jamie Mullins
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Jamie Mullins
email: jmullins@auduboninstitute.org