Sea Sense satellite tracked green sea turtles from Tanzania 2012 under SWIOFP

Lindsey West; Jérôme Bourjea; Mayeul Dalleau; Jérôme Bourjea; Mayeul Dalleau

doi:10.15468/266fcc

Sea Sense satellite tracked green sea turtles from Tanzania 2012 under SWIOFP

Citation

West L, Bourjea J, Dalleau M, OBIS-SEAMAP (2021). Sea Sense satellite tracked green sea turtles from Tanzania 2012 under SWIOFP. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/266fcc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Original provider: Sea Sense Dataset credits: Sea Sense Institut Français pour L'Exploitation de la Mer Kélonia Abstract: Satellite tags were deployed on three nesting green turtles (Chelonia mydas) between March and July 2012 to address data gaps concerning the spatial dynamics of green turtle nesting populations in Tanzania. Tags were deployed in Temeke District which supports one of the largest green turtle rookeries in Tanzania. Tag durations ranged from 24 to 36 days. All three individuals went on to lay further clutches of eggs after tag deployment which provided valuable data on inter-nesting behaviour. Two individuals spent their inter-nesting periods at the same location, 30km south of the nesting grounds. Two of the tags failed before post-nesting migrations commenced. One of the turtles was tracked during a post nesting migration to a foraging ground on the north-west coast of Pemba Island (Tanzania).
This was the first sea turtle satellite telemetry project ever to be carried out in Tanzania and has confirmed the location of an important foraging ground in Pemba Island and a site utilised by gravid females during inter-nesting periods. Purpose: The purpose of the satellite tracking project under SWIOFP was to facilitate the development of effective and sustainable management recommendations for protecting sea turtles at foraging and nesting sites and during migratory periods. In Tanzania specifically, little is understood about the spatial dynamics of sea turtles which periodically move hundreds of kilometres between feeding grounds and nesting sites. There is a paucity of data concerning the location of important foraging habitats and migratory corridors and the true extent of fisheries interactions during various stages of the turtle life cycle. Lack of basic data is proving to be a major obstacle to the development and implementation of specific conservation and management actions in the wider western Indian Ocean region.

Purpose

The purpose of the satellite tracking project under SWIOFP was to facilitate the development of effective and sustainable management recommendations for protecting sea turtles at foraging and nesting sites and during migratory periods. In Tanzania specifically, little is understood about the spatial dynamics of sea turtles which periodically move hundreds of kilometres between feeding grounds and nesting sites. There is a paucity of data concerning the location of important foraging habitats and migratory corridors and the true extent of fisheries interactions during various stages of the turtle life cycle. Lack of basic data is proving to be a major obstacle to the development and implementation of specific conservation and management actions in the wider western Indian Ocean region.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

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Sampling

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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).

Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Tanzania,East Africa,Western Indian Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

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

Jérôme Bourjea
originator
position: Secondary contact
IFREMER
email: jerome.bourjea@ifremer.fr
homepage: http://www.ifremer.fr/lareunion

Mayeul Dalleau
originator
position: Secondary contact
CEDTM
email: mayeuldalleau@cedtm-asso.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/

Jérôme Bourjea
originator
position: Secondary contact
IFREMER
email: jerome.bourjea@ifremer.fr
homepage: http://www.ifremer.fr/lareunion

Mayeul Dalleau
originator
position: Secondary contact
CEDTM
email: mayeuldalleau@cedtm-asso.org

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