Original provider: Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Dataset credits: Virginia Aquarium Foundation - Susan G. Barco & Gwen G. Lockhart Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research & Preservation - Robert A. DiGiovanni Jr. & Allison M. DePerte Abstract: The data provided were collected as part of the the Virginia and Maryland Sea Turtle Research & Conservation Initiative - funded by the National Marine Fisheries Service Species Recovery Grants program No. NA09NMF4720033.

Citation: Barco, S. 2014. Virginia and Maryland Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Initiative Aerial Survey Sightings, May 2011 through July 2013. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/1f7e28c7.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 01:46

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1201

Sue Barco
Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response

OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

5,527

occurrence records

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters	5,527		100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters	5,527		100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Dropped	Records
NO_DEPTH		5,527	100.0%
ON_LAND		3	0.1%

Virginia and Maryland Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Initiative Aerial Survey Sightings, May 2011 through July 2013

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data