Dataset

ARCAS sea turtle strandings at Hawaii, Guatemala 2010-2013

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Original provider: Colum Muccio, Asociacion Rescate y Conservacion de Vida Silvestres (ARCAS) Dataset credits: Asociacion Rescate y Conservacion de Vida Silvestres (ARCAS) Abstract: In 2011, ARCAS documented the mortality of 39 olive ridley sea turtles in the área of Hawaii on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. Another mortality of 128 turtlesm occured in 2013 in an área stretching roughly from the resort of Monterrico to the Salvadoran border. Unlike the 2011 stranding, which was all but one Green, entirely olive ridleys, the 2013 had more of a mix of species, including 113 olive ridleys, 13 greens, 1 hawksbill and 1 leatherback. at the same time, in neighboring El Salvador, there was a stranding of 190 sea turtles.

Citation: Muccio, C. 2014. ARCAS sea turtle strandings at Hawaii, Guatemala 2010-2013. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/386a49e8.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 01:27

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1099

Colum Muccio
Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Association (ARCAS)

24
occurrence records
4
taxa
4
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 24
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 24
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 24
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 24
100.0%
ON_LAND 19
79.2%

Measurement types

DNA derived data