Sea turtle population study in the coastal waters of North Carolina from 1988-06-07 to 2015-09-22 (NCEI Accession 0162846)

Description

This data set contains sea turtle length and weight measurements, sex ratios, species composition, capture and release locations, tagging information, and information on biological samples collected for loggerhead, green, and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle populations in the coastal waters of North Carolina. Sea turtles were double-tagged with Inconel Style 681 tags (National Band and Tag Company, Newport, Kentucky, USA) applied to the trailing edge of each rear flipper. Beginning in 1995, all turtles were additionally tagged with 125 kHz unencrypted Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags (Destron-Fearing Corp., South St. Paul, Minnesota, USA), injected subcutaneously above the second-most proximal scale of the trailing margin of the left front flipper to ensure identification of the turtle in the event that both Inconel tags were lost. SCL and CCL (notch-to-tip and notch-to-notch) along with SCW and CCW were measured and recorded to the nearest 0.1 cm. Blood samples were collected from the dorsal cervical sinus of the turtle, and skin samples were collected from the trailing edge of the rear flippers. Scute scrapings were collected from the edge of the carapace

Resources

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0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26466
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/26466.pdf
0 Landing Page to dowload data https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/162846
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26466
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
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/26466.pdf
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
0 Landing Page to dowload data https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/162846

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  • beaufort protected resources sea turtles
  • nesdis
  • chelonia mydas
  • biological data
  • caretta caretta
  • pamlico sound
  • noaa
  • lepidochelys kempii
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • biological classification
  • national oceanographic data center
  • 1988-present
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc
  • 0162846
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • animals/vertebrates
  • earth science
  • national marine fisheries service
  • ocean
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • reptiles
  • coastal waters of north carolina
  • green turtle
  • 162846
  • sea turtles
  • trawl
  • kemp's ridley
  • animals - individual - mass
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc
  • foraging ecology
  • north atlantic ocean
  • tagging
  • scale
  • calipers
  • national centers for environmental information
  • loggerhead

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