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University of Eldoret satellite tracked green sea turtles from Kenya 2012 under SWIOFP
University of Eldoret, Kenya
Dataset credit
University of Eldoret, Kenya
Institut Français pour L'Exploitation de la Mer
Kélonia
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
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| Primary contact |
Rose Machaku |
University of Eldoret, Kenya |
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| Secondary contact |
Mayeul Dalleau |
CEDTM |
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| Secondary contact |
Jérôme Bourjea |
IFREMER |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Machaku, R., M. Dalleau and J. Bourjea. 2014. University of Eldoret satellite tracked green sea turtles from Kenya 2012 under SWIOFP. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/0d5733a7. Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.
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Abstract
Satellites tracking of marine turtles was done to identify the main feeding sites of marine turtle nesting in Kenya and assess the interaction between marine turtle and industrial fisheries during their migration. Three nesting sea turtles were tracked from a beach in the North coast of Kenya (-3.83°S, 39.82°E). One of the turtle moved North to a known foraging creek (Takaungu), while another moved to a foraging ground on the South (Gazi). The third turtle just foraged on the near shore reef within where it was tagged.
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Purpose
The purpose of the tracking was identify the main feeding sites of marine turtle nesting in Kenya and assess the interaction between marine turtle and industrial fisheries during their migration.
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Supplemental information
N/A
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Change History
The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.
- 1.0.0 (2014-03-10) - Initial
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References
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Attributes
Overview
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Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.
Attributes in dataset
| Attribute (table column) | Description |
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| oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
| latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| tag_id | Tag ID |
| obs_datetime | Date and time of observation in local time calculated by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| datetime_utc | Date and time of observation in UTC |
| lc | Location class |
| time_zone | Time zone of the datetime_utc values (always UTC) |
| obs_count | Number of animals (always 1) |
| age_class | Age (always Adult) |
| sp_tsn | ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| sp_obs | Species name recorded |
| provider | Data provider |
| owner | Data owner |
| tagging_lat | Latitude of tagging location |
| tagging_lon | Longitude of tagging location |
| country | Country |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 1120 |
| DOI | 10.82144/0d5733a7 |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 0 |
| Sea turtles | 312 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 312 |
| Date, Begin | 2012-04-10 |
| Date, End | 2012-06-26 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | -4.51 - -3.33 |
| Longitude | 39.51 - 40.12 |
| Coord. prec. | 5 decimal digits |
| Platform | Tag |
| Data type | Telemetry location |
| Tracklines | YES (ID: 1121) |
| Traveled (km) | 692 |
| Travel hours | 1,601 |
| Registered | 2014-03-10 |
| Updated | 2014-03-19 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (Minimum) |
| Sub group(s) | SWOT |
| Shared with |
SWOT
GBIF
OBIS |
| Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML |
| See download history / statistics |
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