Hoh Daphne Z, Fong Chia-Ling, Su Huai, Chen Pengyu, Tsai Chia-Chen, Tseng Kelly W H, Liu Melissa J Y
TurtleSpot Taiwan, Pingtung, Taiwan TurtleSpot Taiwan Pingtung Taiwan.
Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF), Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF), Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan.
Biodivers Data J. 2022 Nov 3;10:e90196. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e90196. eCollection 2022.
We describe a dataset of sea turtle sightings around the coast of Taiwan and its islands (Hoh and Fong 2022). This data collection was initiated by TurtleSpot Taiwan, a citizen-science project that collects sea turtle sighting data. This dataset includes 3,515 sighting data dated from March 2010, except most of the data (n = 3,128; 89%) were collected between June 2017 to December 2021. Sightings were reported by citizen scientists to the Facebook Group of TurtleSpot Taiwan by providing occurrence information. We also requested photos and videos for species identification and to record any physical abnormality of the turtle, if observable. In addition to recording data often associated with an occurrence, TurtleSpot aims to identify each sea turtle up to the individual level using the Photo Identification (Photo ID) method. Hence, if photos of left facial scutes were available, the sighted individual can be identified and given a unique turtle ID. In total, 762 individuals were assigned a turtle ID, comprising 723 Greens (), 38 Hawksbills () and one Olive Ridley () turtle. This dataset is now publicly opened in Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and available for download. It is hoped that the data may assist in future ecological studies and the development of conservation measures.
This dataset contains 3,515 occurrence records of sea turtles (Cheloniidae) and is currently the largest public dataset of sea turtle sighting records in Taiwan. Post-publication of this dataset to the GBIF platform demonstrated that the number of Green sea turtle records in Taiwan is one of the largest in the world (last accessed date: 15-10-2022). The data served as the foundation for understanding biogeography and sea turtle ecology in Taiwan's coastal waters.
我们描述了台湾及其岛屿沿岸海龟目击事件的数据集（霍和方，2022年）。该数据收集工作由台湾海龟观察组织发起，这是一个收集海龟目击数据的公民科学项目。该数据集包含3515条目击数据，日期从2010年3月开始，不过大部分数据（n = 3128；89%）是在2017年6月至2021年12月期间收集的。公民科学家通过提供事件信息向台湾海龟观察组织的脸书群组报告目击情况。我们还要求提供照片和视频用于物种鉴定，并记录海龟任何可观察到的身体异常情况。除了记录与事件相关的数据外，台湾海龟观察组织旨在使用照片识别（Photo ID）方法将每只海龟识别到个体水平。因此，如果有海龟左面部盾片的照片，就可以识别出被目击的个体并赋予其唯一的海龟ID。总共有762只个体被赋予了海龟ID，其中包括723只绿海龟（）、38只玳瑁（）和1只丽龟（）。这个数据集现已在全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF）中公开开放并可供下载。希望这些数据能有助于未来的生态研究和保护措施的制定。
该数据集包含3515条海龟（海龟科）的事件记录，是目前台湾最大的海龟目击记录公共数据集。该数据集在GBIF平台上发布后表明，台湾绿海龟记录数量是世界上最多的之一（最后访问日期：2022年10月15日）。这些数据为了解台湾沿海水域的生物地理学和海龟生态学奠定了基础。
