https://doi.org/10.82144/f20906e7 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/523 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/03960fc1-f3d6-48c8-8be4-2787111538c2 https://obis.org/dataset/11ad961b-254a-4d01-8a2b-c148c6b013de Sara Maxwell Gabon Olive Ridley Program Primary contact smaxwell@ucsc.edu OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Sara Maxwell Gabon Olive Ridley Program Primary contact smaxwell@ucsc.edu 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 / UC Santa Cruz / MTRG Dataset credits: Data provider Gabon Olive Ridley Program Originating data center <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a> Project partner In conjunction with <a href= http://mayumbanationalpark.com/ > Parc National de Mayumba</a>, the <a href= http://www.wcs.org/international/Africa/gabon/mayumba >Wildlife Conservation Society</a>, Aventures Sans Frontieres, researchers from seaturtle.org, the <a href=http://www.ucsc.edu/>University of California - Santa Cruz</a> and the <a href=http://www.uec.ac.uk>University of Exeter</a> have attached satellite transmitters to female olive ridley turtles nesting at Mayumba National Park, Gabon.<br> Project sponsor or sponsor description This project is sponsored by the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, Tagging of Pacific Pelagics, Achievements Rewards for College Students, National Science Foundation, Myers Oceanographic Trust, Friends of Long Marine Lab, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, CDELSI, Marine Turtle Research Group and SEATURTLE.ORG Abstract: Advances in tracking technology have created a global understanding of sea turtle at-sea movement and behavior. This combined with efforts to understand the global distribution of human interactions with sea turtles gives the ability to enact global sea turtle conservation. Strikingly missing from this suite of understanding is the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), particularly Eastern Atlantic populations. Using satellite tags deployed from Gabon, Africa, we aim to determine olive ridley foraging strategies and oceanographic habitat, determine multi-species turtle hotspots, and their interactions with fisheries. This will result in a greater understanding of one of the least-studied species of sea turtle, where this species overlaps with other sea turtle species, and the ability to create effective fishery mitigation leading to comprehensive sea turtle conservation.<br><br> Marine Biology Telemetry Tagged animal N/A <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=146' target='_new'>Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/523 Oceans 7.952 13.537 -3.161 -15.376 2008-10-22 2010-04-15 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Lepidochelys olivacea Olive ridley asNeeded Sara Maxwell Gabon Olive Ridley Program Primary contact smaxwell@ucsc.edu NA NA NA Sara Maxwell owner NA zd_523 2025-07-31T14:19:24-04:00 dataset Maxwell S. 2024. Gabon Olive Ridley Project. 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=146). https://doi.org/10.82144/f20906e7. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/523 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/523/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/523/eml STAT Project Page UTF-8 Original web site http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=146 OBIS-SEAMAP zd_523 zd_523 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.