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<resTitle>SeaTurtles</resTitle>
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<idAbs>Areas where sightings of loggerhead, leatherback, or green sea turtles are common. Effort corrected observations of these species were compiled to ten minute squares. For each ten minute square, the species with observations more than 2.5 standard deviations above average are indicated. </idAbs>
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<idPurp>This data layer represents areas where sightings per unit effort for loggerhead, leatherback and green sea turtles were two or more standard deviations higher than the regional average. For these species, 'regional' includes the Mid-Atlantic, Southern New England and the Gulf of Maine. The data are a subset of a larger Migratory Portfolio dataset produced by The Nature Conservancy.
The Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment: Identifying Conservation Areas in the Northwest Atlantic Marine Region. Phase Two. Please cite as: Anderson, M.G, J. Odell, M. Clark, Z. Ferdaña, and J.K. Greene. 2010. The Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment: Identifying Conservation Areas in the Northwest Atlantic Marine Region. Phase Two. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern U.S. Division, Boston, MA. Data published 2010
Access Constraints: The Nature Conservancy reserves all rights in data provided. All data are provided as is. This is not a survey quality dataset. TNC-derived data analysis cannot be relied on as a definitive statement of the presence or absence of individual species or significant ecological communities at given locations and cannot be substituted for ecological surveys that may be required for environmental assessment or conservation planning. The Nature Conservancy makes no warranty as to the currency, completeness, accuracy or utility of any specific data. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. </idPurp>
<idCredit>NOAA; Analysis and data produced by The Nature Conservancy; web services published by the MARCO Portal</idCredit>
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