Environmental data matching manta ray locations
Environmental data matched to locations of tags deployed between 2021 and 2024 in Tīkapa Moana—Te Moananui-ā-Toi—the Hauraki Gulf by Manta Watch New Zealand (https://mantawatchnz.org/). This dataset was used in the M.Sc. thesis by Tamsin Cooper and in a research manuscript to be submitted to Royal Society Open Science.
The original data from the Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites can be accessed through the GHRSST NOAA/STAR Himawari-08 AHI L2P Pacific Ocean Region SST v2.70 dataset (GDS version 2; https://doi.org/10.25921/mzv0-km10 ) and GHRSST L2P NOAA/ACSPO Himawari-09 AHI Pacific Ocean Region Sea Surface Temperature v2.90 dataset (https://doi.org/10.25921/73xy-1v10 ) respectively. Large scale bathymetric data can be downloaded from GEBCO (https://www.gebco.net/, doi:10.5285/1c44ce99-0a0d-5f4f-e063-7086abc0ea0f). Diffuse light attenuation coefficients can be obtained from the Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS, https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00281) . Tide data can be extracted from the NIWA Tide Forecaster model: https://niwa.co.nz/coasts/tide-forecaster . High resolution bathymetric data for the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park and local wind data can be obtained upon request to Sarah Gardiner (MetOcean Solutions Ltd.) and Neal Osborne (MetService, New Zealand).
The authors of this work recognise the rights of Indigenous peoples to make decisions about the future use of information, biological collections, data and digital sequence information that derives from associated lands, waters and territories. To support the practice of proper and appropriate acknowledgement into the future of these rights, we request that those seeking to reuse the tracking data from this study contact Lydia Green (lydia.green@mantatrust.org) and Alice Della Penna (alice.penna@auckland.ac.nz) ahead of use and publication.
