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Description
A project of NOAA Kai Submon UNCW. This project is aimed to investigate the impacts of turtles' interactions with longline fishing gear with respect to their stress levels, biochemistry, and post-release movements and survivorship. We had the opportunity to capture turtles that had been free-swimming as well as caught in longline fishing gear.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Reptiles
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Longline, A, Atlantic, MED, Mediterranean, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geographical coverage
A, Atlantic [Marine Regions]
MED, Mediterranean [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
30 July 2008 - 16 November 2012

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

Parameter
Occurrence of biota

Contributors
Federal Government of the United States of America; Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Marine Fisheries Service; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), moredata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Coyne, M.S.; Godley, B.J. (2005). Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 301: 1-7, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2015-03-23
Information last updated: 2022-08-01
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