Tag Archive: Protected species

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Protected Species

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The OBIS-SEAMAP data repository is the international database for protected marine species – cetaceans, sea turtles and sea birds. The site includes specialized applications for fin matching and predictive modeling.

NOAA Cetacean Density and Distribution Mapping Working Group

As part of the NOAA Cetacean Density and Distribution Mapping Working Group, MGEL is developing a cetacean data gap analysis to spatially and temporally determine where data needed to build distribution models are lacking.  This analysis will be used to …

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State of the World’s Sea Turtles

SWOT Online Map hosted on the OBIS-SEAMAP web site

State of the World’s Sea Turtles SWOT — the State of the World’s Sea Turtles — is a partnership led by the Marine Species Flagship Program at the Oceanic Society, Conservation International, and the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group, and …

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OBIS-SEAMAP – Protected Species Database

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OBIS-SEAMAP (seamap.env.duke.edu) is a spatially and temporally interactive online database for marine protected species, collecting data from ship/aerial surveys and satellite telemetry as well as acoustic monitoring and PhotoID around the globe. This 10-year service is made possible by contributions from …

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