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Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2004 : Loggerhead Turtles

Entry ID: seamap367

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Summary

Abstract: The Cape Verde archipelago, 500km off the West Coast of Africa, hosts one of the worlds largest nesting colonies of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Although marine turtles have been recorded at Cape Verde as early as 1479 (when the French explorer Eustache de la Fosse reported that sea turtles could be used by humans for medicinal and nutritional purposes), it was not until 1998 that ...

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Caption: Loggerhead Turtle Tracking

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 19.08

S: 7.87

E: -12.78

W: -25.47

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Marine Turtle Research Group

Dataset Title: Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2004 : Loggerhead Turtles

Dataset Series Name: OBIS-SEAMAP

Dataset Release Date: 2008-01-11 05:04:06-05

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

Dataset Publisher: OBIS-SEAMAP

Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Online Resource: http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/

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OBIS-SEAMAP

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-07-28

Stop Date: 2006-03-27

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CAPE VERDE

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