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Gridded abundance map of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta Caretta around the Azores
Citation
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ); (2015): Gridded abundance map of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta Caretta around the Azores; European Marine Observation Data Network (EMODnet) Biology project (www.emodnet-biology.eu), funded by the European Commission’s Directorate - General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE). https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5460
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Description
Gridded abundance map of Caretta caretta around the Azores between 1998 and 2002. This product was developed with DIVA (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis). Data was provided by the Azores Fisheries Observation Programme (POPA). more

This dataset is based on: Machete, M.; Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAC), Portugal; (2014): POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition. http://dx.doi.org/10.14284/14 Machete, M.; Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores (DOP/UAC), Portugal; (2016): POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Turtle sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 2000 on: during navigation or search mode. http://dx.doi.org/10.14284/13

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Interpolated mapping, ANE, Azores, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
ANE, Azores [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
2001 - 2009

Taxonomic coverage
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata creator
Tyberghein, Lennert
Claus, Simon
Hernandez, Francisco
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), more
Herman, Peter

Related datasets
Source datasets:
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Sea turtle sightings in the Azores between 2004 and 2013 recorded by Biosphere Expedition, more
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Turtle sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 2000 on: during navigation or search mode., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data products
Data origin: Monitoring: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2016-10-07
Information last updated: 2022-08-09
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