Israel's sea turtle monitoring program (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Israel Center

doi:10.15468/9fb4vp

Israel's sea turtle monitoring program (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Center I. 2021. Israel's sea turtle monitoring program. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1185) on yyyy-mm-dd originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1003). https://doi.org/10.15468/9fb4vp accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-04-01.

Description

Original provider: Israel National Nature and Parks Authority - Sea Turtle Rescue Center Dataset credits: Data provider Isreal's Sea Turtle Monitoring Program Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Abstract: The Israeli Nature and Parks Authority (NPA)operates this turtle monitoring program, sponsored by the NPA together with Israel Electric Company, to track rehabilitated sea turtles – mainly Loggerheads (Carreta carreta) and Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas).
Tracked turtles were released to sea after spending several months at the Israel Sea Turtle Rescue Center, to which they arrive suffering from various injuries. The purpose of this current monitoring program is to learn about these turtles' habits and behavior – post rehabilitation, to get a better understanding on their rehabilitation needs.
Previous monitoring programs focused on nesting females as well as Green turtles released after being kept in captivity as part of a breeding stock project, aimed to help increase the number of hatchlings in the wild. Tracking healthy turtles at sea allows the identification of feeding zones and migration paths, information of paramount importance for the protection of these endangered species.
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

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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
Caretta caretta
common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Israel Center
originator
position: Primary contact
Isreal's Sea Turtle Monitoring Program
email: yaniv@npa.org.il

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

Israel Center
owner
position: Primary contact
Isreal's Sea Turtle Monitoring Program
email: yaniv@npa.org.il

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

Israel Center
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Isreal's Sea Turtle Monitoring Program
email: yaniv@npa.org.il