https://doi.org/10.82144/0b0ef3ad https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1452 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/4e4a606e-ee68-48a8-90f1-e32a392dadf3 https://obis.org/dataset/809e004e-bf1c-43f7-83ed-030eb33d52ba Matthew Witt Marine Turtle Research Group Primary contact m.j.witt@ex.ac.uk OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Matthew Witt Marine Turtle Research Group Primary contact m.j.witt@ex.ac.uk owner Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool seaturtle.org mcoyne@seaturtle.org http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/ originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Seaturtle.org / MTRG Dataset credits: Data provider Marine Turtle Research Group Originating data center <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a> Project partner In conjunction with Parc National de Mayumba, the <a href= http://www.wcs.org/international/Africa/gabon/mayumba >Wildlife Conservation Society</a>, Aventures Sans Frontieres and Seaturtle.org, researchers from the <a href=http://www.uec.ac.uk>University of Exeter</a> have attached satellite transmitters to female leatherback turtles nesting at <a href=http://mayumbanationalpark.com/welcome.htm>Mayumba National Park, Gabon </a>. Project sponsor or sponsor description The first season of this project (2005/2006) was part funded by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Shellshock Campaign <a href=http://www.eaza.net>European Association of Zoos & Aquaria</a>. Satellite transmitters attached in the 2007 and 2008 nesting seasons have been funded by the Large Pelagics Research Centre (University of New Hampshire) through National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency award NA04NMF4550391. Earlier phases of this project were made possible by funding receieved from the <a href=http://www.nerc.ac.uk>Natural Environment Research Council, UK </a>. Abstract: This project uses satellite telemetry to gain insights into the behaviour of female leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at <a href=http://www.mayumbanationalpark.com>Mayumba National Park</a> in Gabon, a globally important rookery. The project has now entered into its third year of tracking. See the <a href=http://www.seaturtle.org/cgi-bin/imagelib/index.pl?cat=612&thumb=1> photo library</a> for this project.<br><br>This work compliments that carried out by <a href=http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/latin_america_and_caribbean/our_solutions/marine_turtle_programme/projects/leatherback_tracking_project/tracking_logs/index.cfm> WWF</a>, which studied adults from a range of locations throughout the Atlantic as part of a basin wide project.<br><br> Marine Biology Telemetry Tagged animal N/A <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=270' target='_new'>Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1452 Oceans -53.572 11.661 -2.94 -31.871 2007-02-03 2008-10-09 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle asNeeded Matthew Witt Marine Turtle Research Group Primary contact m.j.witt@ex.ac.uk NA NA NA Matthew Witt owner NA zd_1452 2025-07-31T16:47:40-04:00 dataset Witt M. 2024. Gabon 2007-08: Mayumba, Leatherback Turtles. 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=270). https://doi.org/10.82144/0b0ef3ad. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1452 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1452/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1452/eml STAT Project Page UTF-8 Original web site http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=270 OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1452 zd_1452 Coyne, M. S., and B. J. Godley. 2005. Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Marine Ecology Progress Series: Vol. 301: 1-7.