Stranded sea turtles in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Vicente Guzman; Eduardo Cuevas; Eduardo Cuevas

doi:10.15468/3tb2rm

Stranded sea turtles in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Citation

Guzman V, Cuevas E, OBIS-SEAMAP (2024). Stranded sea turtles in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Version 1.1. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3tb2rm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: Guzmán-Hernández, V., Rivas-Hernández, G., García-Alvarado, P.A., Huerta-Rodríguez, P., Peralta-Jiménez, X. Dataset credits: Guzmán-Hernández, V., Rivas-Hernández, G., García-Alvarado, P.A., Huerta- Rodríguez, P., Peralta-Jiménez, X. Abstract: 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. Purpose: 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.

Purpose

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.

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).

Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead sea turtle rank: species
Lepidochelys kempii
common name: Kemp's ridley rank: species
Chelonia mydas
common name: Green sea turtle rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback sea turtle rank: species
Eretmochelys imbricata
common name: Hawksbill sea turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Gulf of Mexico

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Vicente Guzman
originator
position: Primary contact
Convención Interamericana para la Protección y Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas (CIT)
email: guzman.vicente@gmail.com

Eduardo Cuevas
originator
position: Secondary contact
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
email: eduardo.cuevas@uabc.edu.mx

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

Vicente Guzman
owner
position: Primary contact
Convención Interamericana para la Protección y Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas (CIT)
email: guzman.vicente@gmail.com

Eduardo Cuevas
originator
position: Secondary contact
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
email: eduardo.cuevas@uabc.edu.mx

Vicente Guzman
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Convención Interamericana para la Protección y Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas (CIT)
email: guzman.vicente@gmail.com