Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network

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Последняя версия опубликовано Ocean Tracking Network нояб. 8, 2026 Ocean Tracking Network
Домой:
https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=TCAT
Дата публикации:
8 ноября 2026 г.
Опубликовано:
Ocean Tracking Network
Лицензия:
CC-BY 4.0

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Описание

This is the OBIS extraction of the Ocean Tracking Network and Roots2Reef (R2R) Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network, consisting of the release tagging metadata, i.e. the location and date when the tagged animal was released, and summarized detection events of tagged individuals. If readers are interested in the source dataset they may also inquire with the project PIs as listed here or on the OTN web site (https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=TCAT). Abstract: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.

Записи данных

Данные этого sampling event ресурса были опубликованы в виде Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), который является стандартным форматом для обмена данными о биоразнообразии в виде набора из одной или нескольких таблиц. Основная таблица данных содержит 24 868 записей.

Также в наличии 2 таблиц с данными расширений. Записи расширений содержат дополнительную информацию об основной записи. Число записей в каждой таблице данных расширения показано ниже.

Event (core)
24868
Occurrence 
24742
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
80

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Версии

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Как оформить ссылку

Исследователи должны дать ссылку на эту работу следующим образом:

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

Права

Исследователи должны соблюдать следующие права:

Публикующей организацией и владельцем прав на данную работу является Ocean Tracking Network. Эта работа находится под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0).

Регистрация в GBIF

Этот ресурс был зарегистрирован в GBIF, ему был присвоен следующий UUID: e575d83e-6fe6-4135-83f0-157c8f5239bf.  Ocean Tracking Network отвечает за публикацию этого ресурса, и зарегистрирован в GBIF как издатель данных при оподдержке Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Ключевые слова

ACOUSTIC TAGS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH; Occurrence; Samplingevent; Observation

Внешние данные

Ресурс также доступен в других форматах

Turks and Caicos Acoustic Telemetry (TCAT) Network https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=TCAT ASCII HTM

Контакты

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Data Manager
Ocean Tracking Network
  • Dalhousie University
B3H 4J1 Halifax
Nova Scotia
CA
  • +1 (902) 494-4101
Dan Jewell
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
OTN
CA
Yinghuan Niu
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
OTN
CA
Mati Gray
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
OTN
CA
Angela Dini
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
OTN
CA
Dheemanth Kumawat
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
OTN
CA
Naomi Tress
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
OTN
CA
Jonathan Pye
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data Manager
OTN
CA
Edward Butler
  • Principal Investigator
Roots2Reef
TURKS AND CAICOS
Christian Hempel
  • Content Provider
Roots2Reef
TURKS AND CAICOS
Nichoy Bent
  • Content Provider
Parrot Cay Sustainability Foundation
TURKS AND CAICOS
Marcus Drymon
  • Content Provider
Mississippi State University
USA
David Wells
  • Content Provider
Texas A&M University
USA
Oliver French
  • Content Provider
University of Southampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Jacob Brownscombe
  • Content Provider
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
CANADA
Oliver Shipley
  • Content Provider
Beneath the Waves
USA
Austin Gallagher
  • Content Provider
Beneath the Waves
USA

Географический охват

PROVIDENCIALES

Ограничивающие координаты Юг Запад [21,551, -72,646], Север Восток [22,086, -71,746]

Таксономический охват

Species included below are tagged by this project and have left any embargo. Other individuals or species may later be appended to this dataset.

Species Aetobatus narinari (whitespotted eagle ray), Albula vulpes (Atlantic bonefish), Hypanus americanus (southern stingray), Lutjanus analis (mutton snapper), Lutjanus griseus (gray snapper)

Временной охват

Дата начала 2025-09-01

Данные проекта

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.

Название 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.
Финансирование 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).
Описание района исследования No study area description for this project was provided to OTN for publication.
Описание плана выполнения исследований 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.

Исполнители проекта:

Edward Butler
  • Principal Investigator

Методы сбора

Acoustic tags released.

Охват исследования Program started 2025-09-01 and ran until None
Контроль качества 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

Описание этапа методики:

  1. 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.

Библиографические ссылки

  1. 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

Дополнительные метаданные

Access Constraints: none Use Constraints: Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility. For information purposes, email to info@obis.org the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part. Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS. See https://manual.obis.org/policy.html#disclaimer for more details

Цель
Альтернативные идентификаторы 10.14286/v2f1md
https://members.oceantrack.org/ipt/resource?r=otnpcsfturksandcaicosacou