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Title: Sea turtle location data and data products from satellite tags in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean from 2009 to 2024 (NCEI Accession 0304726)
Abstract: From 2009 to 2024 satellite tags were attached to 250 loggerhead and 55 leatherback sea turtles in the Northwest Atlantic. The tags used the Argos satellite network to record the position of the animal. This dataset includes over half a million turtle positions as reported from the tags.
Date received: 20250519
Start date: 20090825
End date: 20241001
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Gulf of America, East Coast - US/Canada, Gulf of America, Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W)
West boundary: -95.76
East boundary: -28.05
North boundary: 49.54
South boundary: 8.25
Observation types: model output, satellite data
Instrument types: satellite sensor - active microwave
Datatypes: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MARKS OR TAGS, biological data, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, sea turtles
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Contributing projects: BOEM - ESP
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Number of observations:
Supplementary information:
Availability date:
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2025-05-30 19:45:58+00
Editdate: 2025-06-26 21:49:36+00