Occurrences of Sea turtles in Azores Archipelago

Luís M D Barcelos; João P Barreiros

doi:10.15468/mz8r7v

Occurrences of Sea turtles in Azores Archipelago

Citation

Barcelos L M D, Barreiros J P (2022). Occurrences of Sea turtles in Azores Archipelago. Version 1.5. Universidade dos Açores. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mz8r7v accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-12-09.

Description

Sea turtles are the best-known and more widespread marine reptiles. However, information on their distribution and the occurrence of most species, except for nesting beaches, remains scarce and sporadic, depending on sightings from fishing vessels, tourist activities and occurrences in coastal areas as well as fishing bycatch. Since the last updated species’ list for the Azores (Santos et al, 2010), no new species’ record was known for Azorean waters, until October 2020, with the confirmed sighting of an Olive Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Barcelos et al. 2021). After that, in February 2021, a second individual was found stranded on Pico Island, already in an advanced state of decomposition. This increased the number of species present in Azores EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) to six out of the seven extant worldwide. The remaining one, Natator depressus (Garman, 1880), is native to the Indo-pacific (see Red List Standards & Petitions Subcommittee, 1996).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Sea turtles occurrences in Azorean EEZ.

Testudines
rank: order
Cheloniidae
rank: family
Dermochelyidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Azores EEZ

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Luís M D Barcelos
originator
position: PhD student
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: luis.mdmbarcelos@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/luis-barcelos
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-679X

João P Barreiros
originator
position: Assistant Professor with Habilitation
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: joao.ps.barreiros@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/joatildeo-pedro-da-silva-ramos-barreiros
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4531-6685

Luís M D Barcelos
metadata author
position: PhD student
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: luis.mdmbarcelos@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/luis-barcelos
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-679X

Luís Barcelos
user
email: ldbarcelos@gmail.com

Luís M D Barcelos
administrative point of contact
position: PhD student
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: luis.mdmbarcelos@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/luis-barcelos
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-679X