Dataset

Loggerheads Sea Turtles of Argentina (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

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Original provider: Diego Albareda-PRICTMA Dataset credits: Data provider Regional Program for Sea Turtle Research and Conservation of Argentina Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner Buenos Aires ZOOAquamarina-CECIMRegional Program for Sea Turtle Research and Conservation of Argentina (PRICTMA)Mundo Marino FoundationOrganismo Provincial para el Desarollo Sostenible (OPDS)Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Project sponsor or sponsor description Fondo para la Conservación Ambiental- Banco GaliciaSouth Atlantic-Sea Turtle NetworkWildlife Conservation Society (WCS)Scott Neotropical Fund- Cleveland Metroparks ZooZoo Conservation Outreach Group (ZCOG) Abstract: [ENGLISH]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 (34º 36' S, 58º 26' W) and the southernmost in San Antonio Oeste (40o 37’ S, 64o 55’ 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 Samborombón Bay (34º- 36º S to 55.5º- 57º W).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. [ESPAÃ'OL]El Mar Argentino es el límite sur de la distribución de la tortuga cabezona en el Atlántico Suroccidental. Es frecuente registrar varamientos y capturas accidentales de esta especie a lo largo de la costa, principalmente desde la primavera hasta principios del otoño. El registro más al norte pertenece a la ciudad de Buenos Aires (34º 36' S, 58º 26' O) y el más al sur a la localidad de San Antonio Oeste (40o 37’ S, 64o 55’ O), en Patagonia norte. Individuos de entre 39.5 y 119.0 cm de largo curvo de caparazón son capturados accidentalmente en redes de enmalle en zonas estuarinas como la Bahía Samborombón (34º- 36º S a 55.5º- 57º O). Se sabe muy poco acerca de esta especie en el Atlántico Suroccidental. El estudio de sus rutas migratorias y las zonas de alimentación a través del seguimiento satelital de animales es vital a la hora de llevar a cabo acciones de conservación para disminuir la mortalidad debida a la captura accidental. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Citation: Carman V. 2024. Loggerheads Sea Turtles of Argentina. 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=364). https://doi.org/10.82144/70cf58f3.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 11:55

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1907_1deg

Victoria Carman
Regional Program for Sea Turtle Research and Conservation of Argentina (PRICTMA)

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
seaturtle.org

49
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 49
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 49
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 49
100.0%
ON_LAND 11
22.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data