Tracking small loggerheads from spanish nests

Original provider:
Universitat Politècnica de València

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Seguimiento de juveniles de Tortuga boba
Originating data center
<a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project partner
The results presented in this project come from the collaboration of researches of different spanish institutions <br>Universitat Politècnica de València<br>Unidad de Zoología Marina, Universidad de Valencia (Spain)<br>Research Institute Doñana Biological Station, CSIC <br>Fundación CRAM<br>Oceanogràfic, Valencia<br>Generalitat Valenciana<br>Junta de Andalucia<br>Oceanogràfic de Valencia<br>Acuario de Sevilla<br>Xaloc Hermanos de Sal<br>
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Funding has benn provided by different institutions and associations:<br>1. LIFE IP INTEMARES<br>2. Universitat Politècnica de València <br>2. Ministerio de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente (Spain),16MNSV006<br>3. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, CGL2011-30413, University of Valencia<br>4. Fundació CRAM<br>5. Fundación Hombre y Territorio<br><br>

Abstract:
The project tracks small juvenile loggerhead turtles. The turtles were born in Valencia (Spain) and Catalonia from natural nests found in Spain in 2014 and in Andalusia in 2015, and Valencia (2016). Eggs were translocated and the neonates were headstared in different centers: Arca del Mar, Oceanogràfic de Valencia, Acuario de Sevilla, Fundación CRAM and at the CEGMA Algeciras.