26900
Summary of NOAA Galveston rehabilitated sea turtles held temporarily at offsite holding facilities
Data Set
Published / External
24607
Galveston Turtle Projects
Project
In Work
2010
The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory and placed at offsite holding facilities awaiting release back into the wild.
Monitor the growth of sea turtles rehabilitated by the NOAA Sea Turtle Facility
Theme
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
0157625
Theme
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
157625
Theme
NODC DATA TYPES
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS
Theme
Caretta caretta
Theme
Chelonia mydas
Theme
Eretmochelys imbricata
Theme
Kemp's ridley
Theme
Lepidochelys kempii
Theme
green sea turtle
Theme
hawksbill
Theme
loggerhead
Theme
rehabilitation
Theme
sea turtle
Temporal
2010-present
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES
Coastal Waters Of Texas
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES
Gulf of Mexico
Data Set
MS Excel Spreadsheet
As Needed
Table (digital)
N/A
N/A
N/A
36557
Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Corrected Column Names)
Published / External
The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory and placed at offsite holding facilities awaiting release back into the wild.
There were some records in which multiple growth measurements were made over time. In these cases the columns
MEASUREMENT_DATE
LENGTH_CM
WEIGHT_KG
Were repeated as extra columns going across a record for a single turtle
Spreadsheet
Yes
The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory and placed at offsite holding facilities awaiting release back into the wild.
10
STRANDING_IDENTIFICATION_CODE
Character
12
No
No
Active
This is usually Unique code formed by using the first initials of the person who discovered the turtle, followed by the year, day, date and consecutive turtle number found by that person on that day.
This code can be used to link other strandings tables containing this column.
There were two cases in which a name was used instead of a code, because no code was available.
20
SPECIES
Character
2
No
No
Active
Two Character Sea Turtle Code. This is the same code found on the STSSN forms.
Cc Caretta caretta. The scientific name of the loggerhead sea turtle
Dc Dermochelys coriacea. The scientific name of the leatherback sea turtle.
Cm Chelonia mydas. The scientific name of the green sea turtle.
Ei Eretmochelys imbricata. The scientific name of the hawksbill sea turtle
Lk Lepidochelys kempii. The scientific name of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle.
LO Lepidochelys olivacea The Scientific Name For Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
UN Unkniown Turtle
30
FACILITY
Character
24
No
No
Active
The Facility at which the sea turtle was placed
40
COMMENTS
Character
300
No
No
Active
Comments on anything out of the normal
50
MEASUREMENT_DATE
Number
10
No
No
Active
Date on which the measurement was recorded
60
LENGTH_CM
Number
5
No
No
Active
Curved Carapace Length. A measurement of the carapace taken with a soft measuring tape from the nuchal notch to the posterior most point of the carapace
70
WEIGHT_KG
Number
5
No
No
2
Active
Weight in kilograms
##.##
50928
Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Original Column Names)
Published / External
The contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory and placed at offsite holding facilities awaiting release back into the wild.
There were some records in which multiple growth measurements were made over time. In these cases the columns
DATE
LENGTH (CM)
WEIGHT (KG)
Were repeated as extra columns going across a record for a single turtle
Spreadsheet
Yes
The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory and placed at offsite holding facilities awaiting release back into the wild.
10
STRANDING ID
Character
12
No
No
Active
This is usually Unique code formed by using the first initials of the person who discovered the turtle, followed by the year, day, date and consecutive turtle number found by that person on that day.
This code can be used to link other strandings tables containing this column.
There were two cases in which a name was used instead of a code, because no code was available.
20
SPECIES
Character
2
No
No
Active
Two Character Sea Turtle Code. This is the same code found on the STSSN forms.
Cc Caretta caretta. The scientific name of the loggerhead sea turtle
Dc Dermochelys coriacea. The scientific name of the leatherback sea turtle.
Cm Chelonia mydas. The scientific name of the green sea turtle.
Ei Eretmochelys imbricata. The scientific name of the hawksbill sea turtle
Lk Lepidochelys kempii. The scientific name of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle.
LO Lepidochelys olivacea The Scientific Name For Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
UN Unkniown Turtle
30
FACILITY
Character
24
No
No
Active
The Facility at which the sea turtle was placed
40
COMMENTS
Character
300
No
No
Active
Comments on anything out of the normal
50
DATE
Number
10
No
No
Active
Date on which the measurement was recorded
60
LENGTH (cm)
Number
5
No
No
Active
Curved Carapace Length. A measurement of the carapace taken with a soft measuring tape from the nuchal notch to the posterior most point of the carapace
70
WEIGHT (KG)
Number
5
No
No
2
Active
Weight in kilograms
##.##
50930
Column Definitions
Published / External
Completed
Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this dataset
Data Table
Yes
Column Definitions
Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set
20
Original Variable Name
Character
40
Yes
No
Active
The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file
30
Revised Variable Name
Character
40
Yes
No
Active
This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.
40
Data Description
Character
150
Yes
No
Active
The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column
50
Data Type
Character
12
Yes
No
Active
Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column
Character
Number
60
Data Length
Numeric
4
Yes
No
0
Active
The length of the corresponding field in question
70
Number of Decimal Places
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question
I
100
Required?
Character
7
Yes
No
Active
Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table
Yes
No
50931
Codes and Values Explained
Published / External
Completed
Provides meanings for the Codes and Abbreviations in The Data Tables
Data Table
Yes
Meta Table listing Codes and Their Values. Please note that codes for all data columns have been provided
Description
Character
No
No
Active
Meaning of The Code
MiscDescripter Code
Character
No
No
Active
Code Value
Data Steward
2010
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
Contact by email preferred.
Distributor
2017
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
NCEI-MD
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
(301) 713-3277
Metadata Contact
2010
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
2010
Person
Baumer, Tim J
tim.baumer@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3784
Contact by email preferred.
Principal Investigator
2010
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
Contact by email preferred.
Ground Condition
-94.819688
-94.81456
29.278028
29.274811
Gulf Of Mexico
Continuing
2010
Unclassified
None
None
Download from specified url
None
None
None
None
2017
https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0157625
2017
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
ONLINE RESOURCE
SPREADSHEET (MICROSOFT EXCEL)
XLS - Microsoft Excel
1
Not Chked
2017
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26900/
2017
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Parent Page Of To Download the data files for this catalog ID
Multiple formats
Uncompressed
Not Chked
Data is generally and all data is usable. Please see any comments for special issues
None
No
0
Yes
No
No
365
N/A
NCEI-MS
365
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.
1
None
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
50931
Entity
Codes and Values Explained
50930
Entity
Column Definitions
36557
Entity
Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Corrected Column Names)
50928
Entity
Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Original Column Names)
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