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Leatherback Tracking in South Africa
Citatie
Luschi, P., A. Sale, R. Mencacci, G.R. Hughes, J.R.E. Lutjeharms, and F. Papi. 2003. Current transport of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the ocean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 270 suppl. 2: 129-132. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3659
Contact: Luschi, Paolo

Beschikbaarheid: Creative Commons License Deze dataset valt onder een Creative Commons Naamsvermelding 4.0 Internationaal-licentie.

Nota: Only data aggregated per 1-degree cell are available through OBIS. The non-aggregated data are available through the OBIS-SEAMAP Portal

Beschrijving
Dataset from tracking information of the post-nesting movements of leatherbacks nesting in South Africa and understand their behavior. meer

The Indian Ocean has many breeding areas for sea turtles, the southernmost ones being on the Maputaland coast of KwaZulu-Natal, where leatherback turtles nest in large numbers thanks to long-lasting protection programs. For the leatherback this is the only known nesting site in the entire western Indian Ocean. At the end of the reproductive season, leatherbacks undertake migrations towards disparate feeding areas. To contribute to their conservation, the migratory behavior of these animals has been studied by satellite telemetry for several years. This species turned out to frequent widely dispersed areas ranging from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mozambique Channel, performing large-scale wandering probably due to the leatherbacks' feeding habits on macroplankton such as jellyfish and salps. These movements have been shown to be heavily influenced by the main oceanic currents and oceanographic mesoscale features occurring in the areas crossed.

Scope
Thema's:
Biologie > Reptielen
Kernwoorden:
Marien/Kust, A, Atlantic, ISW, Indische Oceaan, Testudines

Geografische spreiding
A, Atlantic [Marine Regions]
ISW, Indische Oceaan [Marine Regions]

Spreiding in de tijd
16 Januari 1996 - 16 Juli 2003

Taxonomic coverage
Testudines [WoRMS]

Bijdrage door
University of Pisa, meer
University of Pisa; Department of Biology; Islameta Group, meerdata eigenaar

Gerelateerde datasets
Gepubliceerd in:
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, meer

Publicatie
Gebaseerd op deze dataset
Luschi, P. et al. (2003). Current transport of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the ocean. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 270(Suppl 2): 129-132. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0036, meer

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Dataset status: Afgelopen
Data type: Data
Data oorsprong: Monitoring: veldonderzoek
Metadatarecord aangemaakt: 2012-11-29
Informatie laatst gewijzigd: 2012-11-29
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