Male sea turtle telemetry (2009-2020) reveals high overlap with anthropogenic threats in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean
Dates
Publication Date
2022-08-11
Start Date
2009
End Date
2020
Citation
Ashford, M., Hart, K.M., and Watling, J., 2022, Male sea turtle telemetry (2009-2020) reveals high overlap with anthropogenic threats in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P958OAKJ.
Summary
This dataset contains cumulative threat data for several species of male sea turtles tagged with satellite tags between 2009 and 2020. It contains information on species, capture date, days during tracking spent in marine protected areas, shipping lanes, near the coast, near oil rigs, and within known fishing operations. This dataset thus allows estimation of threat levels from these anthropogenic pressures for sea turtles tagged in different study sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
Summary
This dataset contains cumulative threat data for several species of male sea turtles tagged with satellite tags between 2009 and 2020. It contains information on species, capture date, days during tracking spent in marine protected areas, shipping lanes, near the coast, near oil rigs, and within known fishing operations. This dataset thus allows estimation of threat levels from these anthropogenic pressures for sea turtles tagged in different study sites in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
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Related External Resources
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Ashford, M., Watling, J.I., and Hart, K., 2022, One Shell of a Problem: Cumulative Threat Analysis of Male Sea Turtles Indicates High Anthropogenic Threat for Migratory Individuals and Gulf of Mexico Residents: Remote Sensing, v. 14, no. 16, p. 3887, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14163887.
These data were collected to estimate threat levels faced by male sea turtles during their tracking periods; four species of marine turtles are included which are loggerheads (Caretta caretta), green turtles (Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s ridleys (Lepidochelys kempii) and hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata).
