Northeast Florida Green Turtle Tracking Project (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Original provider:
Scott Eastman

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Originating data center
<a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Funding and support for this study was provided by the Friends of the GTM Reserve, Keepers of the Coast and Eastman Environmental.

Abstract:
Florida’s nesting beaches and coastal and estuarine waters are critical habitat for multiple life stages of Federally Listed threatened and endangered species of Atlantic marine turtles. A core understanding of the population dynamics and seasonal distributions of these animals is essential in assessing steps to recovery of listed marine turtle species. Yet little is known about the early life stage migratory patterns of these turtles and their usage of the estuarine and nearshore habitats of Northeast Florida. One of these species is the Atlantic Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) , which is listed as an endangered species in the State of Florida.
This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

原始提供方：斯科特·伊斯特曼

数据集来源与致谢说明：
数据提供方：瓜纳·托洛马托·马坦萨斯国家河口研究保护区（Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve）
原始数据中心：<a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>卫星跟踪与分析工具（Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool, STAT）</a>
项目资助说明：本研究的经费与支持由GTM保护区之友（Friends of the GTM Reserve）、海岸守护者（Keepers of the Coast）及伊斯特曼环境（Eastman Environmental）提供。

摘要：
佛罗里达州的筑巢海滩、沿岸海域与河口水域，是多种大西洋海龟物种——均为列入联邦保护名录的受威胁与濒危物种——不同生命阶段的关键栖息地。充分掌握这些物种的种群动态与季节分布特征，是评估受保护海龟物种恢复措施的核心前提。然而目前学界对这类海龟早期生命阶段的洄游模式，以及它们对佛罗里达东北部河口与近岸栖息地的利用情况仍知之甚少。其中一类物种为大西洋绿海龟（Chelonia mydas），该物种在佛罗里达州被列为濒危物种。
本数据集为按物种分类、按1度网格单元聚合的遥测定位信息的汇总呈现。