Summary of sea turtle strandings documented by NOAA Galveston 1989-2015
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Data Set
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| ID: 26881
| Published / External
Created: 2015-09-03
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Last Modified: 2024-10-03
Project (PRJ) | ID: 24607
ID: 26881
Data Set (DS)
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Item Identification
* » Title | Summary of sea turtle strandings documented by NOAA Galveston 1989-2015 |
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* Status | Completed |
Creation Date | 1989 |
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• Publication Date | 2017 |
* » Abstract |
The database contains records pertaining to all sea turtles recovered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory as the local representative of the Southeast Fisheries Science Centers Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network STSSN. The data includes morphometrics at the time of stranding, species and condition of the sea turtle at the time of stranding and documentation of tags present. It also contains information on the geographic location of the stranding. |
* Purpose |
Record in real time sea turtle strandings on the upper Texas coast. |
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Archive holds data through 2015 |
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NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER | 0157625 |
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER | 157625 |
NODC DATA TYPES | ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - BEHAVIOR |
NODC DATA TYPES | ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - CAUSE OF DEATH |
None | Caretta caretta |
None | Chelonia mydas |
None | Dermochelys coriacea |
None | Eretmochelys imbricata |
None | green turtle |
None | hawksbill |
None | Kemp's ridley |
None | leatherback |
None | Lepidochelys kempii |
None | loggerhead |
None | sea turtle |
None | sea turtle stranding and salvage network |
None | stranding |
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None | 1989-2015 |
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NODC SEA AREA NAMES | Coastart Waters Of Texas |
NODC SEA AREA NAMES | Gulf of Mexico |
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NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS | calipers |
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• » Organization | National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland |
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• » City | Silver Spring |
• » State/Province | MD |
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* Data Set Scope Code | Data Set |
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• Data Set Type | MS Excel Spreadsheet |
• Maintenance Frequency | Monthly |
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» Data Presentation Form | Table (digital) |
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The database contains records pertaining to all sea turtles recovered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory as the local representative of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center's Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network [STSSN]. The data includes morphometrics at the time of stranding, species and condition of the sea turtle at the time of stranding and documentation of tags present. It also contains information on the geographic location of the stranding. |
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Data Set Credit | NOAA Galveston |
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* » Support Role | Data Steward |
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* » Date Effective From | 1989 |
Date Effective To | |
Person | Higgins, Benjamin |
Address |
4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 |
Email Address | ben.higgins@noaa.gov |
Phone | 409-766-3670 |
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Contact by email preferred. |
* » Support Role | Distributor |
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* » Date Effective From | 2017-02 |
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Organization | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
Email Address | ncei.info@noaa.gov |
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URL | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
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* » Support Role | Metadata Contact |
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* » Date Effective From | 1989 |
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Person | Higgins, Benjamin |
Address |
4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 |
Email Address | ben.higgins@noaa.gov |
Phone | 409-766-3670 |
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Contact by email preferred. |
* » Support Role | Point of Contact |
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* » Date Effective From | 2016 |
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Person | Baumer, Tim J |
Address |
4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 |
Email Address | tim.baumer@noaa.gov |
Phone | 409-766-3784 |
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Currentness Reference | Ground Condition |
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* » W° Bound | -95.295206 |
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* » E° Bound | -93.838005 |
* » N° Bound | 29.68 |
* » S° Bound | 28.937322 |
* » Description |
Gulf Of Mexico |
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* » Time Frame Type | Continuing |
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* » Start | 1989 |
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Access Information
Data License | CC0-1.0 |
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Data License URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Data License Statement | These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). |
* » Security Class | Unclassified |
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• Data Access Policy |
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» Data Access Procedure |
Download from provided link |
• » Data Access Constraints |
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• Data Use Constraints |
Not For Use in litigation |
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Distribution Information
Start Date | 2017-02 |
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End Date | Present |
» Download URL | http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0159757 |
Distributor | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2017-02 - Present) |
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Landing Page For Accession Number 0159757 You may either navigate to download individual files or download whole package a gzip file |
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File Type (Deprecated) | csv (comma-separated values) |
Distribution Format | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
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URL | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/159757 |
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Name | Landings Page NCEI Accession 159757 |
URL Type | Online Resource |
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Higgins, Benjamin (2017). Summary of sea turtle stranding data documented by NOAA Galveston in the Gulf of Mexico from 1989-01-05 to 2015-12-27 (NCEI Accession 0159757). |
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Stranding Locations are reported by general area and not to a specific latitude longitude measurement |
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Data Management
» Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified? | No |
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» 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 |
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» 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? |
The data resides on a secure database server only accessible through the NMFS network requiring separate multi-factor authentication for both network and database access. |
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Process Step Number | 1 |
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Stranded Turtles Are Detected or Reported To By The Local STSSN Coordinators The Coordinators Make Measurements and provide Inform to the NMFS Galveston Lab |
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Process Contact | Higgins, Benjamin |
Phone (Voice) | 409-766-3670 |
Email Address | ben.higgins@noaa.gov |
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Related Items
Item Type | Relationship Type | Title |
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Data Set (DS) | Cross Reference |
Marine turtle stranding data - Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN) |
Data Set (DS) | Cross Reference |
Sea Turtle Stranding Network Reports STSSN Reports |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID | 26881 |
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Metadata Record Created By | Lee M Weinberger |
Metadata Record Created | 2015-09-03 13:51+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
» Metadata Record Last Modified | 2024-10-03 18:16+0000 |
Metadata Record Published | 2021-04-29 |
Owner Org | SEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish? | N |
Metadata Workflow State | Published / External |
Metadata Last Review Date | 2021-04-29 |
Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date | 2022-04-29 |
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