Sea Turtles of Dominica

Original provider: DomSeTCO/Oceans Forward Dataset credits: Data provider Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization and Oceans Forward Originating data center &lt;a href=&#039;http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/&#039; target=&#039;_blank&#039;&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt; Project partner Oceans Forward: Leverages technology to empower communities to bring about ocean conservation. Oceans Forward supports innovative science and local actions that have the potential to scale up and change the world.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Abstract: DomSeTCO has been working in Dominica for many years teaching ocean and island conservation. Island ecosystems are fragile at best and with human intervention can become destabilized quickly. DomSeTCO has worked tirelessly for years conserving the sea turtles that make Dominica their home either permanently or temporarily. This project has dual purpose: first, to elucidate the habitats frequented by nesting leatherbacks in the waters of Dominica and their migratory routes for determining sites for high seas MPA&#039;s; Second, to be models in the classroom for the global nature of populations and how one small island can effect a global population.原始提供方： DomSeTCO/海洋展望（Oceans Forward） 数据集署名： 数据提供方：多米尼克海龟保护组织（Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization）与海洋展望（Oceans Forward） 原始数据来源中心：<a href="http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/" target="_blank">卫星追踪与分析工具（Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool，简称STAT）</a> 项目合作伙伴：海洋展望（Oceans Forward）：该机构依托技术赋能社区，推动海洋保护事业。其支持具备规模化推广潜力、可改变全球生态格局的创新科学研究与本土保护行动。 摘要： 多米尼克海龟保护组织已在多米尼克开展多年海洋与岛屿保护宣教工作。岛屿生态系统本就脆弱，若遭遇人类干预，极易快速失衡。多年来，该组织始终不懈守护着以多米尼克为永久或临时栖息地的海龟种群。本项目兼具双重目标：其一，阐明在多米尼克海域筑巢的棱皮龟的栖息场所与洄游路线，以确定公海海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area，简称MPA）的选址；其二，作为课堂教学范例，展示种群分布的全球性特征，以及小型岛屿如何对全球种群产生影响。