Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

guslopez@tamar.org.br guslopez@tamar.org.br

doi:10.15468/nyenht

Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

guslopez@tamar.org.br g. 2022. Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/984) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=63). https://doi.org/10.15468/nyenht accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-13.

Description

Original provider: Projeto TAMAR Dataset credits: Data provider Projeto Tamar-Ibama Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project sponsor or sponsor description This work was possible as a result of the financial support of Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center). Abstract: The project entitled Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil of through Satellite Telemetry is part of the larger research program entitled Priority Research Studies on the Biology of the Sea Turtles, developed by Project TAMAR-IBAMA with the support of the Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center). The objective of this project is to use satellite telemetry to study and analyze the at-sea movements of female turtles, both during and following the nesting season, for the most threatened species that occur along the Brazilian coast (Caretta caretta, Dermochelys coriacea, Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepdochelys olivacea). The project will involve the deployment of 40 satellite tags: 15 on hawksbill turtles, 5 on leatherback turtles, 10 on loggerhead turtles and 10 on olive ridley turtles. The project officially began on February 02nd, 2005 when 15 satellite tags (KiwiSat 101 from Sirtrack Limited) were attached to the carapaces of hawksbill turtles that had just finished nesting on beaches along the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. In continuity to this Study, 03 transmitters KiwiSat 101(with capacity to work for up to 450 days) were installed in females of the species Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle) in Espirito Santo, only reproductive area of this species in the Brazilian coast. The last species that received transmitters was the Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle), in the coast of Bahia, and Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle), in the north coast of Sergipe, in the February of 2006. For further information on Projeto Tamar-Ibama history, sea turtle biology and the Satellite Telemetry Program, with updated maps on recent and past studies, visit our webpage, www.projetotamar.org.br, and learn more about the conservation of sea turtles in Brazil. 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).

Eretmochelys imbricata
common name: Hawksbill Sea Turtle rank: species
Dermochelys coriacea
common name: Leatherback Sea Turtle rank: species
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species
Lepidochelys olivacea
common name: Olive Ridley rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

guslopez@tamar.org.br guslopez@tamar.org.br
originator
position: Primary contact
Projeto Tamar-Ibama
email: alex@tamar.org.br

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

guslopez@tamar.org.br guslopez@tamar.org.br
owner
position: Primary contact
Projeto Tamar-Ibama
email: alex@tamar.org.br

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

guslopez@tamar.org.br guslopez@tamar.org.br
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Projeto Tamar-Ibama
email: alex@tamar.org.br