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Islas Canarias (Proyecto Aegina): juvenile loggerheads

Entry ID: seamap347

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Summary

Abstract: Aegina is a cooperation project between Gobierno de Canarias (Spain) and Republic of Cabo Verde; the main goal of the project is to propose a management plan for the Protected Marine Areas important for the sea turtles at both archipelagos. In the Canary Islands there lives an important juvenile stock of loggerheads, and in Cabo Verde archipelago occurs one of the largest nesting populations of ...

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Caption: Sea Turtle Traking

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 39.49

S: 25.27

E: -6.49

W: -19.48

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Proyecto Aegina

Dataset Title: Islas Canarias (Proyecto Aegina): juvenile loggerheads

Dataset Series Name: OBIS-SEAMAP

Dataset Release Date: 2008-01-11 05:04:24-05

Dataset Release Place: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Dataset Publisher: OBIS-SEAMAP

Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Online Resource: http://www.iccm.rcanaria.es

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OBIS-SEAMAP

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2006-03-29

Stop Date: 2007-09-20

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > EUROPE > SOUTHERN EUROPE > SPAIN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > WESTERN AFRICA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 0.000167 Decimal degrees
Longitude Resolution: 0.000167 Decimal degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 meter - < 30 meters

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES > TURTLES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

BOUNDARIES

Platform

RADIO TRANSMITTERS

Project

OBIS-SEAMAP > OBIS - Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations

Access Constraints ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: Open public unless otherwise noted.

Use Constraints Not to use data contained in OBIS-SEAMAP in any publication, product, or commercial application without prior written consent of the original data provider. To cite both the data provider and OBIS-SEAMAP appropriately after approval of use is obtained. Also please refer to Distribution Liability.

Originating Center

Data Center

OBIS Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations

Data Center URL: http://seamap.env.duke.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: PATRICK N. HALPIN Phone: 919-613-8062 Email: phalpin at duke.edu Contact Address: Duke University Box 90328 City: Durham Province or State: NC Postal Code: 27708 Country: USA