Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration

Description

This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) ranging from hatchling to adult stranded dead along either the US Atlantic coast (n = 313) or US Gulf of America coast (n = 123) and provides age and growth rate estimates.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/12558.pdf
57 ONLINE RESOURCE Child files of this data set are found in one .zip file https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/12558.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12558
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
57 ONLINE RESOURCE Child files of this data set are found in one .zip file https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/12558.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12558
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/12558.pdf

Tags

  • 1975-2011
  • noaa
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • biological classification
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • in situ
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • animals/vertebrates
  • earth science
  • national marine fisheries service
  • turtle
  • ocean
  • reptiles
  • biological
  • maturation
  • funded projects
  • sea turtles
  • caretta caretta gigas
  • turtles
  • north atlantic ocean
  • loggerhead

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