12558
Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration
Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration
Data Set
Published / External
23713
Funded Projects
Project
Completed
1990
2016
This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of 313 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded dead along the Atlantic US coast (hatchling to adult) and provides age and growth rate estimates
To characterize age and size at maturation and adult stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic
dataset used for publications
Theme
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Caretta caretta gigas
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Theme
NODC DATA TYPES
reptiles
Theme
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES
biological
Theme
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES
in situ
Theme
loggerhead
Theme
maturation
Theme
turtle
Temporal
1975-2011
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES
north atlantic ocean
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Miami
FL
USA
PARR Data Server
Data Set
Files (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.)
None Planned
Table (digital)
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Adult_loggerhead_turtle_size_age_stage_duration.csv
Published / External
Completed
These data were yielded by analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of juvenile and adult loggerhead sea turtles collected along the US Atlantic coast by participants in the national Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network
Data Table
Yes
These data were yielded by analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of juvenile and adult loggerhead sea turtles collected along the US Atlantic coast by participants in the national Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network
10
ID
Numeric
Yes
No
3
Active
Individual-specific turtle identification number
15
SCL_Initial
Numeric
No
No
Active
Estimate of initial Straight Carapace Length (cm) for the annual somatic growth increment
cm
30.4
##.#
20
Age
Numeric
Yes
No
5
2
Active
Estimated age in years at the beginning of the annual somatic growth incremen
years
12.54
##.##
30
Sex
Character
7
Yes
No
Active
Sex of the turtle as determined through necropsy (female, male, unknown)
female male unknown
35
State
Character
2
Yes
No
Active
Abbreviation for US State in which stranded sea turtle was recovered
In all cases in which FL is indicated, it is always on the Atlantic Coast of Florida.
Should be a state on the Atlantic Coast
40
SCL_Mean
Numeric
No
No
4
1
Active
Estimate of mean Straight Carapace Length in cm for the annual somatic growth increment
cm
not determined
50
Growth
Numeric
No
No
4
1
Active
Annual somatic growth rate (centimeter/Year) change in carapace length.
cm/year
not determined
80
Year
Numeric
Yes
No
4
Active
Calendar year associated with the annual somatic growth rate
1999
Data Steward
2012-06
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
Distributor
2012
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
About SEFSC
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Contact by email preferred.
Metadata Contact
2012-06
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
Point of Contact
2012-06
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
Ground Condition
-80.7
-70
42.4
25.1
Range
1975
2011
Unclassified
Download from specified url
None
2018
https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/12558.zip
2012
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
12558.zip
ONLINE RESOURCE
Child files of this data set are found in one .zip file
FILES (MIXED)
Zip
Not Chked
Ages at maturation estimated from (1) the rapprochement skeletal growth mark; (2) back-calculated SCL-at-age data; and (3) bootstrapping and fitting Fabens modified von Bertalanffy growth curve to back-calculated growth data were very similar between approaches, but demonstrated a wide possible range.
Multiple researchers worked to assign consensus age for each sample
No
0
Yes
No
No
365
N/A
NCEI-MS
365
The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access.
Age and size at maturation- and adult-stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic
Person
Avens, Larisa
Originator
2015-08-05
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-015-2705-x
Avens, L., Goshe, L.R., Coggins, L. et al. Mar Biol (2015) 162: 1749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2705-x
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See publication: Avens L, Goshe LR, Coggins L, Snover ML, Pajuelo M, Bjorndal KA, Bolten AB (2015) Age and size at maturation and adult-stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic. Marine Biology 162:1749-1767DOI 10.1007/s00227-015-2705-x
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
Age and size at maturation- and adult-stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic
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Document
readme_12558.pdf
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Entity
Adult_loggerhead_turtle_size_age_stage_duration.csv
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Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
www.sefsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
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