DOI: 10.15468/dr5b89
title: Loggerheads Sea Turtles of Argentina (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Diego Albareda-PRICTMA

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Regional Program for Sea Turtle Research and Conservation of Argentina
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
Project partner
Buenos Aires ZOO&lt;br&gt;Aquamarina-CECIM&lt;br&gt;Regional Program for Sea Turtle Research and Conservation of Argentina (PRICTMA)&lt;br&gt;Mundo Marino Foundation&lt;br&gt;Organismo Provincial para el Desarollo Sostenible (OPDS)&lt;br&gt;Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)&lt;br&gt;Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Project sponsor or sponsor description
Fondo para la Conservación Ambiental- Banco Galicia&lt;br&gt;South Atlantic-Sea Turtle Network&lt;br&gt;Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)&lt;br&gt;Scott Neotropical Fund- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo&lt;br&gt;Zoo Conservation Outreach Group (ZCOG)

Abstract:
[ENGLISH]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Argentine Sea is the southernmost distribution of the loggerhead turtle in the West Atlantic Ocean. Along the Argentine coast, their occurrence is evidenced through strandings and incidental captures mainly from late spring to late autumn. The northernmost record occurred in Buenos Aires city (34Âº 36' S, 58Âº 26' W) and the southernmost in San Antonio Oeste (40o 37â€™ S, 64o 55â€™ W), northern Patagonia. Turtles from 39.5 to 119.0 cm CCL (curved carapace length) are mainly accidentally captured in gillnets and trawlnets in estuarine areas like the SamborombÃ³n Bay (34Âº- 36Âº S to 55.5Âº- 57Âº W).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Little is know about this species in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Studying their migratory routes and which places do they usually use for feeding is vital in order to design efficient conservation actions to decrease the turtles that died because of the by catch. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[ESPAÃ'OL]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;El Mar Argentino es el lÃ­mite sur de la distribuciÃ³n de la tortuga cabezona en el AtlÃ¡ntico Suroccidental. Es frecuente registrar varamientos y capturas accidentales de esta especie a lo largo de la costa, principalmente desde la primavera hasta principios del otoÃ±o. El registro mÃ¡s al norte pertenece a la ciudad de Buenos Aires (34Âº 36' S, 58Âº 26' O) y el mÃ¡s al sur a la localidad de San Antonio Oeste (40o 37â€™ S, 64o 55â€™ O), en Patagonia norte. Individuos de entre 39.5 y 119.0 cm de largo curvo de caparazÃ³n son capturados accidentalmente en redes de enmalle en zonas estuarinas como la BahÃ­a SamborombÃ³n (34Âº- 36Âº S a 55.5Âº- 57Âº O). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Se sabe muy poco acerca de esta especie en el AtlÃ¡ntico Suroccidental. El estudio de sus rutas migratorias y las zonas de alimentaciÃ³n a travÃ©s del seguimiento satelital de animales es vital a la hora de llevar a cabo acciones de conservaciÃ³n para disminuir la mortalidad debida a la captura accidental. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.