Descripción
Registros
Los datos en este recurso de evento de muestreo han sido publicados como Archivo Darwin Core(DwC-A), el cual es un formato estándar para compartir datos de biodiversidad como un conjunto de una o más tablas de datos. La tabla de datos del core contiene 24.868 registros.
también existen 2 tablas de datos de extensiones. Un registro en una extensión provee información adicional sobre un registro en el core. El número de registros en cada tabla de datos de la extensión se ilustra a continuación.
Este IPT archiva los datos y, por lo tanto, sirve como repositorio de datos. Los datos y los metadatos del recurso están disponibles para su descarga en la sección descargas. La tabla versiones enumera otras versiones del recurso que se han puesto a disposición del público y permite seguir los cambios realizados en el recurso a lo largo del tiempo.
Versiones
La siguiente tabla muestra sólo las versiones publicadas del recurso que son de acceso público.
¿Cómo referenciar?
Los usuarios deben citar este trabajo de la siguiente manera:
Butler, E.C., Hempel, C.D., Drymon, J.M., Wells, R.J.D. 2025. Navigating Conservation in the Turks and Caicos Islands: establishing the Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network to inform marine spatial management and species conservation. Accessed via the Ocean Tracking Network OBIS IPT on INSERT DATE
Derechos
Los usuarios deben respetar los siguientes derechos de uso:
El publicador y propietario de los derechos de este trabajo es Ocean Tracking Network. Esta obra está bajo una licencia Creative Commons de Atribución/Reconocimiento (CC-BY 4.0).
Registro GBIF
Este recurso ha sido registrado en GBIF con el siguiente UUID: e575d83e-6fe6-4135-83f0-157c8f5239bf. Ocean Tracking Network publica este recurso y está registrado en GBIF como un publicador de datos avalado por Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Palabras clave
ACOUSTIC TAGS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH; Occurrence; Samplingevent; Observation
Datos externos
Los datos del recurso también están disponibles en otros formatos
| Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network | https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=TCAT ASCII HTM |
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Contactos
- Originador ●
- Punto De Contacto
- Data Manager
- Dalhousie University
- +1 (902) 494-4101
- Investigador Principal
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6430-4589
- Proveedor De Contenido
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Cobertura geográfica
PROVIDENCIALES
| Coordenadas límite | Latitud Mínima Longitud Mínima [21,551, -72,646], Latitud Máxima Longitud Máxima [22,086, -71,746] |
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Cobertura taxonómica
Species included below are tagged by this project and have left any embargo. Other individuals or species may later be appended to this dataset.
| Especie | Aetobatus narinari (whitespotted eagle ray), Albula vulpes (Atlantic bonefish), Hypanus americanus (southern stingray), Lutjanus analis (mutton snapper), Lutjanus griseus (gray snapper) |
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Cobertura temporal
| Fecha Inicial | 2025-09-01 |
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Datos del proyecto
The relationship between people and the ocean in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) has shifted dramatically over the past three decades, with rapid growth in tourism, coastal development, and fishing pressure placing increasing strain on fragile marine ecosystems. These pressures, compounded by climate change, threaten biodiversity and the long-term sustainability of TCI's economy, which is heavily reliant on healthy marine environments. While Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were established as early as the late 1970s, many suffer from inadequate capacity for long-term monitoring and management and poor user compliance, limiting their utility. Currently, there is opportunity for meaningful conservation impact, due to an availability of compatible research equipment in the territory and heightened political interest locally in evaluating and possibly amending the MPA network. To target this opportunity, a network of 20-35 acoustic receivers will be installed across strategic areas spanning four existing MPAs, two proposed area extensions, and adjacent unprotected waters. The project will investigate species residency, habitat use, and area connectivity for approximately 90 animals across at least three ecologically and/or economically important target species (using surgically implanted Innovasea V13 and V16 transmitters). Mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) and whitespotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) are identified as priority species in the initial phase, with southern stingrays (Hypanus americanus) selected as a third focal species. Findings will directly inform marine spatial planning, strengthen local management and monitoring capacity, and contribute to the establishment of the Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network as a long-term shared resource for environmental monitoring and species conservation.
| Título | Navigating Conservation in the Turks and Caicos Islands: establishing the Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network to inform marine spatial management and species conservation. |
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| Fuentes de Financiación | No funding information for this project was provided to OTN for publication. OTN is a research and technology development initiative headquartered at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. OTN is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and is grateful to have once received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). |
| Descripción del área de estudio | No study area description for this project was provided to OTN for publication. |
| Descripción del diseño | A wide range of aquatic species are tagged with small electronic transmitters, surgically implanted or attached externally, which can operate for up to 20 years. Acoustic receivers arranged in line on the ocean floor as well as attached to buoys, gliders and large animals (e.g. grey seals) pick up the coded acoustic signals from these tags identifying each tagged sea creature that passes within half a kilometer of the receiver. Data collected by these listening stations are subsequently uploaded to one of many compatible data nodes, adding to the reach of an intercompatible network of networks designed and maintained by the Ocean Tracking Network, producing current and reliable records for every part of the globe. Certain classes of electronic tags and listening equipment (receivers) may also be outfitted or co-located with sensors to measure the ocean's temperature, depth, salinity, currents, chemistry, and other properties. |
Personas asociadas al proyecto:
Métodos de muestreo
Acoustic tags released.
| Área de Estudio | Program started 2025-09-01 and ran until None |
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| Control de Calidad | OTN species names are verified using the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). If species names on new data cannot be verified against (a) known valid names in OTN, and/or (b) WoRMs the Data Provider will be notified so they can check they are correct. Names that cannot be placed after checking with WoRMS are, where possible, placed on the basis of other authoritative sources, such as the Fishbase or ITIS; and once completely verified a request will be sent to WoRMS for addition of the verified species name. http://members.oceantrack.org/data/discovery/byspecies |
Descripción de la metodología paso a paso:
- This resource was created by the Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre as a summarized representation of animal presence determined by electronic tagging efforts. Darwin Core (DwC) records were extracted from the OTN database and filtered and summarized according to international agreed-upon standards.
Referencias bibliográficas
- Butler, E.C., Hempel, C.D., Drymon, J.M., Wells, R.J.D. 2025. Navigating Conservation in the Turks and Caicos Islands: establishing the Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network to inform marine spatial management and species conservation In: Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre, Halifax Canada / otndc@dal.ca Retrieved: 2026-05-20 from db.load.oceantrack.org
Metadatos adicionales
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| Identificadores alternativos | 10.14286/v2f1md |
| https://members.oceantrack.org/ipt/resource?r=otnpcsfturksandcaicosacou |