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Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth NCEI Accession 0160329

Data Set (DS)  |  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18757  |  Updated: April 1, 2025  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Access Info
Distribution Info
URLs
Data Quality
Data Management
Lineage
Child Items
Catalog Details

Summary

Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2025: Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth NCEI Accession 0160329, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18757.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of 333 Kemps ridley sea turtles stranded dead along the Gulf of Mexico US coast (hatchling to adult) and provides age, growth rate, and stage duration estimates

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

please cite appropriately

Controlled Theme Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC, DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, Lepidochelys kempii

Child Items

Type Title
Entity GOM_Kemps_ridley_growth_at_age.csv
Entity GOM_Kemps_ridley_size_at_age.csv

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Larisa Avens
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
(252)728-8747

Metadata Contact
Larisa Avens
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
(252)728-8747

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-97.5° W, -81° E, 30.6° N, 25.5° S

Gulf Of Mexico

Time Frame 1
1998 - 2011

Item Identification

Title: Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth NCEI Accession 0160329
Short Name: GoM Kemps Ridley Age and Growth
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2017
Abstract:

This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of 333 Kemps ridley sea turtles stranded dead along the Gulf of Mexico US coast (hatchling to adult) and provides age, growth rate, and stage duration estimates
Purpose:

To characterize size-at-age relationships, growth patterns, age and size at maturation, and adult stage duration for Kemps ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico
Other Citation Details:

Cite as: Avens, Larisa (2017). Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth from 1988 to 2010 (NCEI Accession 0160329). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160329. Accessed [date]

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Lepidochelys kempii View WoRMS Aphia Record
UNCONTROLLED
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0160329
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 160329
NODC DATA TYPES ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE
NODC DATA TYPES BIOLOGICAL DATA
NODC DATA TYPES growth rates
None Lepidochelys kempii
None Sea Turtle
None skeletochronology

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 1988-2010

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Alabama
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Florida
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Louisiana
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Mississippi
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Texas
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Mexico
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS North Atlantic Ocean

Instrument Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
UNCONTROLLED
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES visual observation

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD
Location Description:

y

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Files (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.)
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 272926
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Avens, Larisa
Address: 101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort, NC
Email Address: larisa.avens@noaa.gov
Phone: (252)728-8747
Fax: (252)728-8784
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 264186
Date Effective From: 2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information
Contact Instructions:

NCEI Archive

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 272928
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Avens, Larisa
Address: 101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort, NC
Email Address: larisa.avens@noaa.gov
Phone: (252)728-8747
Fax: (252)728-8784
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 273787
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Avens, Larisa
Address: 101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort, NC
Email Address: larisa.avens@noaa.gov
Phone: (252)728-8747
Fax: (252)728-8784
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 273790
W° Bound: -97.5
E° Bound: -81
N° Bound: 30.6
S° Bound: 25.5
Description

Gulf Of Mexico

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 273789
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1998
End: 2011

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

Open to everyone
Data Access Procedure:

Download from supplied url
Data Access Constraints:

None
Data Use Constraints:

please cite appropriately
Metadata Access Constraints:

None
Metadata Use Constraints:

Please cite appropriately

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 282987
Start Date: 2016
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/160329
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2017 - Present)
File Name: 160329.1.1.tar.gz
Description:

Download Page For Archived Data
File Type (Deprecated): NCEI Archived Data Accession
File Size: 520K
Compression: GTAR
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 1172031
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160329
Name: Landing Page NCEI Accession 0160329
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: html

Data Quality

Comparability:

Validated back-calculation of somatic growth rates from skeletal growth marks yielded means and ranges that encompassed those of previous loggerhead growth studies in this geographic area.
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Multiple readers conferred to assign age estimates.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: 0
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 365
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

N/A
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-MD
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 365
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

N/A

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Humerus bones collected from stranded sea turtles and processed and analyzed to yield age and growth

Sources

Avens L, Goshe LR, Pajuelo M, Bjorndal KA and others (2013) Complementary skeletochronology and stable isotope analyses offer new insight into juvenile loggerhead sea turtle oceanic stage duration and growth dynamics. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 491:235

CC ID: 804219
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Person
Contact Name: Larissa Avens
Publish Date: 2013-10-02
Citation URL: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v491/p235-251
Citation URL Description:

Journal Article url

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 282986
Description:

Humerus bones collected from stranded sea turtles and processed and analyzed to yield age and growth data for Kemps ridley sea turtles as described in the following publications for loggerhead sea turtles:Avens L, Goshe LR, Pajuelo M, Bjorndal KA, MacDonald BD, Lemons G, Bolten AB, Seminoff JA (2013) Complementary skeletochronology and stable isotope analyses offer new insight into juvenile loggerhead sea turtle oceanic stage duration and growth dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 491:235-251Avens 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. Marin Biology 162:1749-1767
Process Contact: Avens, Larisa
Phone (Voice): (252)728-8747
Email Address: larisa.avens@noaa.gov

Child Items

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 18757
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18757
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2013-04-26 06:23+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2025-04-01 17:16+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2021-04-29
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-04-29
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-04-29