https://doi.org/10.82144/2d4d37bf https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/421 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/5268ceb1-e1cb-4eb2-a47d-0ff74346a84d https://obis.org/dataset/e87df918-8c99-4add-909b-3a8364e0b6aa Connie Merigo New England Aquarium Primary contact cmerigo@neaq.org OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Connie Merigo New England Aquarium Primary contact cmerigo@neaq.org owner Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool seaturtle.org mcoyne@seaturtle.org http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/ originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: Connie Merigo Dataset credits: Data provider New England Aquarium Originating data center <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a> Abstract: The New England Aquarium (NEAq) has been rehabilitating stranded sea turtles for more than twenty years. The majority of sea turtles that are treated at NEAq come from annual cold stun stranding events on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Each fall and winter, juvenile and sub-adult sea turtles strand on Cape Cod beaches after experiencing cold-stunning. Cold stunning, or hypothermia, in sea turtles is thought to occur when water temperature quickly drops below 50ºF (10ºC). Sudden cooling of ocean water temperatures leaves the turtles torpid and floating at the surface, unable to swim or dive, and allows them to be pushed by strong sustained storm winds onto the windward shore. Since the 1980s, NEAq has worked with the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (WBWS) to save these threatened and endangered species. <br><br>NEAq has recently begun using satellite telemetry to study the post release survivorship of these rehabilitated turtles. Our primary goal is to learn about the survivorship of these animals. We will also be studying and observing their habitat use and migration routes post-release.<br><br>We wish to thank the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries for their continued support of the Massachusetts Sea Turtle Network. In addition we would like to thank our volunteers and the kind folks at the Cross Sound Ferry for their dedication and continued support to the preservation of sea turtles and other marine life. Marine Biology Telemetry Tagged animal N/A <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=238' target='_new'>Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/421 Oceans -73.292 -60.341 41.722 30.41 2007-08-20 2008-04-01 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Chelonia mydas Green sea turtle species Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley asNeeded Connie Merigo New England Aquarium Primary contact cmerigo@neaq.org NA NA NA Connie Merigo owner NA zd_421 2025-07-31T14:17:30-04:00 dataset Merigo C. 2024. Cape Cod Sea Turtle Release 2007. 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=238). https://doi.org/10.82144/2d4d37bf. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/421 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/421/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/421/eml STAT Project Page UTF-8 Original web site http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=238 OBIS-SEAMAP zd_421 zd_421 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.