GPS Tracking of West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Tagged in Mobile Bay, Alabama (2009-2015)

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GPS tracking data for ten West Indian manatees, Florida subspecies (Trichechus manatus latirostris), tracked from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to other locations on the Gulf of Mexico coast. These data are raw GPS locations with minimal processing. The tags were programmed to record locations at 30-minute intervals.

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Author Ruth Carmichael
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2017-07-21
ISO.originator Allen Aven <aaven@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact DISL Data Management
ISO.principalInvestigator Ruth Carmichael <rcarmichael@disl.org>
ISO.principalInvestigator.1 Ruth Carmichael <rcarmichael@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Mobile Bay, Alabama, northern Gulf of Mexico
Temporal Begin 2009-09-04
Temporal End 2015-03-18
Theme Keywords West Indian manatees, Trichechus manatus latirostris, remote sensing, GPS tracking, continuous data
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Northern Gulf Institute, and Seamens Foundation is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, QA/QC procedures, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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