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Species Distribution: Loggerhead Turtle - Pacific Ocean

Metadata Updated: January 27, 2025

This dataset contains a collection of known point locations of loggerhead sea turtles identified via automated satellite tracking of tagged organisms. This can be useful for assessing species abundance, population structure, habitat use, and behavior. This collection is aggregated from multiple tagged organisms and survey periods. Each data point contains attributes for further information about the time and source of the observation. This dataset was compiled by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) and may be updated in the future if additional data sources are acquired.

NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) deploys satellite tags on loggerhead sea turtles to track their movements around Hawaii and the wider Pacific Ocean with the intent of improving our understanding and assisting in the recovery of this endangered species.

For further information, please see: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/marine_turtle/life_history_and_ecology.php

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date November 14, 2024
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date January 27, 2025
Reference Date(s) January 31, 2018 (creation), January 31, 2018 (issued), January 31, 2018 (revision)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from ioos

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Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date November 14, 2024
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date January 27, 2025
Reference Date(s) January 31, 2018 (creation), January 31, 2018 (issued), January 31, 2018 (revision)
Responsible Party Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid pac_pacioos_all_turtle_loggerhead
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long 180.0
Bbox North Lat 45.423
Bbox South Lat 15.687
Bbox West Long -180.0
Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
Frequency Of Update
Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
Graphic Preview File http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/pac_pacioos_all_turtle_loggerhead.png
Harvest Object Id d99bd580-e642-4f17-90f4-2c1090335514
Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
Harvest Source Title ioos
Licence
Lineage 2018-01-31T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities.
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, 15.687], [180.0, 15.687], [180.0, 45.423], [-180.0, 45.423], [-180.0, 15.687]]]}
Progress
Spatial Data Service Type Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True

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