Description
This involves two studies.
This first study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in scleral ossicle bones of 33 leatherback sea turtles stranded dead along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico US coasts (hatchling to adult) and 8 captive-reared juvenile leatherbacks and provides age estimates
The second later study involves leatherback back-calculated age and growth in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26473.zip | ZIP | zipped file containing all files for this data set | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| Avens, Larisa & Taylor, JC & Goshe, LR & Jones, TT & Hastings, M. (2009). Use of skeletochronological analysis to estimate the age of leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the western North Atlantic. Endangered Species Research. 8. 165-177. | Journal article using this data. (doi: 10.3354/esr00202) | Open resource |
Tags
- 2001-2008
- animals - individual - age
- animals/vertebrates
- atlantic ocean
- biological classification
- biological data
- camera
- dermochelys coriacea
- doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
- earth science
- funded projects
- leatherback turtles
- national marine fisheries service
- noaa
- north atlantic ocean
- north pacific ocean
- ocean
- pacific ocean
- reptiles
- sea turtles
- skeletal growth marks
- southeast fisheries science center
- turtles
- u.s. department of commerce