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AICM satellite tracked loggerhead sea turtles from Mozambique 2012 under SWIOFP

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Citation

Videira E, Bourjea J, Dalleau M, Pereira M, OBIS-SEAMAP (2021). AICM satellite tracked loggerhead sea turtles from Mozambique 2012 under SWIOFP. OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/574cvj accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-11.

Description

Original provider: Associação para Investigação Costeira e Marinha Dataset credits: Associação para Investigação Costeira e Marinha Institut Français pour L'Exploitation de la Mer Kélonia Abstract: As part of Component 5 of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP; http://www.swiofp.net), three Loggerhead turtles (named “Lurdes”, “Esperança” and “Mingas”) nesting at the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve (POPMR) were satellite tagged (Telonics Argos Marine Transmitters TAM-2639).The loggerhead turtles had contrasting migratory routes: Lurdes immediately initiated a near-shore northbound migration, travelling approximately 634 km (monitored distance) during the 15-day monitoring period and probably the turtle was poached, as the last signal from the tag was sent from 2 km inland next to a hut, closed to Baía dos Cocos in Inhambane Province, Mozambique. Mingas was monitored for 73 days and similarly traveled along the coast, all the way to Mozambique Island and across the Mozambique Channel to the NE coast of Madagascar, traversing 3,270 km (ca 2,025 km straight distance).Finally, Esperança was tracked for 2,608 km during 187 days. This turtle travelled along the coast approximately 250 km north (straight distance) of the nesting beach and reached, what is believed to be her feeding grounds on the Mozambique coast between Macaneta and Xai-Xai. This results shows that despite being protected nationally and internationally, poaching is still a serious threat to the conservation of marine turtles in Mozambique (and in the region), which warrants further efforts for their protection. Purpose: The purpose of satellite tagging was to analyse loggerhead post-nesting migration, potential feeding grounds as well as population overlap in the Indian Ocean.

Purpose

The purpose of satellite tagging was to analyse loggerhead post-nesting migration, potential feeding grounds as well as population overlap in the Indian Ocean.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

  1. NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  1. Caretta caretta
    common name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

South-Africa,Mozambique

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Eduardo Videira
originator
position: Primary contact
Associação para Investigação Costeira e Marinha
email: evideiraaicm@gmail.com
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
Marcos Pereira
originator
position: Secondary contact
Centro Terra Viva - Estudos e Advocacia Ambiental
email: marcospereira@gmx.net
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
Eduardo Videira
owner
position: Primary contact
Associação para Investigação Costeira e Marinha
email: evideiraaicm@gmail.com
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
Marcos Pereira
originator
position: Secondary contact
Centro Terra Viva - Estudos e Advocacia Ambiental
email: marcospereira@gmx.net
Eduardo Videira
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Associação para Investigação Costeira e Marinha
email: evideiraaicm@gmail.com
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