https://doi.org/10.82144/151ec4de https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/404 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a9cddd83-c7b2-4b14-998a-6fee47efbea9 https://obis.org/dataset/83c9c3ba-e8eb-4d8f-ab6d-d9b25308e69f Brendan Godley Marine Turtle Research Group Primary contact b.j.godley@exeter.ac.uk OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Brendan Godley Marine Turtle Research Group Primary contact b.j.godley@exeter.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: Marine Turtle Research Group / SEATURTLE.ORG 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 This satellite tracking project is a collaboration among the <a href=http://www.indp.cv>Cape Verde Instituto Nacional Desenvolvimento Das Pescas</a> (Sonia Merino, Vito Melo), the <a href=http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/>Marine Turtle Research Group</a> (Brendan Godley, Annette Broderick, Lucy Hawkes), <a href=http://www.seaturtle.org>SEATURTLE.ORG</a> (Michael Coyne, Matthew Godfrey) and the <a href=http://www.ulpgc.es/>Universidad Las Palmas</a>, Canary Islands (Luis Felipe Lopez Jurado, Nuria Varo, Pedro Lopez-Suarez, Daniel Cejudo). The ongoing turtle monitoring and <a href=http://www.tortugasmarinas.org>conservation project</a> is being supported by Hydrocarpo, an <a href=http://www.interreg-mac.org/es/index.jsp?flash=yes>Interreg IIIB project (UE)</a> ; a Canarian and Cape Verde Government <br>initiative implemented by the <a href=http://ipimar-iniap.ipimar.pt/>Cape Verde Instituto Nacional Desenvolvimento Las Pescas</a> and the <a href=http://www.iccm.rcanaria.es/>Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas</a> , Canary islands (Spain).<br>Noting the regional importance of this work, <a href=http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/africa/news/news.cfm?uNewsID=14811>WWF-WARPO</a> are working with project partners to help the project disseminate its findings to maximum effect. Project sponsor or sponsor description This project was funded by generous grants from the <a href=http://www.britishcheloniagroup.org.uk/>British Chelonia Group</a>, the <a href=http://www.nerc.ac.uk/>Natural Environmental Research Council</a>, and <a href=http://www.seaturtle.org>SEATURTLE.org</a>. Abstract: Continuing from <a href=http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=26> last years</a> immensely successful project at Boavista, the team will be deploying 5 transmitters this summer at Boavista. Last years results showed that turtles from Cape Verde actually use one of 2 different strategies of migration after nesting. This year we return to investigate these strategies, specifically to determine whether large adult turtles, discovered last year to feed off the coast of Guinea and Sierra Leone, employ a different strategy from smaller adult turtles that feed in the open ocean. The turtles will again be given special Creole names by local students. Creole is the local dialect. The nesting population of Cape Verde has been identified as a priority for conservation along the West Coast of Africa and more information needs to be collected on its natural history, including migratory pathways and foraging areas. This study will investigate these post nesting migratory pathways and foraging grounds and describe diving and depth utilisation patterns. Marine Biology Telemetry Tagged animal N/A <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=89' target='_new'>Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/404 Oceans -23.697 -12.174 17.188 7.143 2005-08-07 2006-09-12 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle asNeeded Brendan Godley Marine Turtle Research Group Primary contact b.j.godley@exeter.ac.uk NA NA NA Brendan Godley owner NA zd_404 2025-07-31T14:17:24-04:00 dataset Godley B. 2024. Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2005: Loggerhead 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=89). https://doi.org/10.82144/151ec4de. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/404 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/404/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/404/eml STAT Project Page UTF-8 Original web site http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=89 OBIS-SEAMAP zd_404 zd_404 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.