30417
Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174)
Data Set
Published / External
30209
Beaufort Protected Resources Sea Turtles
Project
In Work
1987
2016
This data contains sea turtle sightings reported to the NMFS Beaufort Laboratory sea turtle program by the general public as they were fishing, boating, etc. These sightings provide relative abundance and seasonal occurrence of sea turtles in North Carolina's inshore and offshore waters
These sightings provide relative abundance and seasonal occurrence of sea turtles in North Carolinas inshore and offshore waters.
Cite as: McNeill, B. Joanne (2017). Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0161174. Accessed [date]
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Theme
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
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES
Theme
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Caretta caretta
Theme
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Chelonia mydas
Theme
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Dermochelys coriacea
Theme
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Lepidochelys kempii
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Instrument
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Theme
NCEI Accession
0161174
Theme
NCEI Accession
161174
Theme
SEFSC
BeaPR-MT Metadata Portfolio
Theme
Atlantic Ocean
Theme
Sightings
Theme
Turtles
Temporal
1987-2015
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES
Coastal Waters Of North Carolina
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring
MD
Data Set
CSV Files
As Needed
Table (digital)
sightings used to be written down on cards that were mailed to the lab. That method is no longer in use and sightings are reported online via the website seaturtle.org
N/A
N/A
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Sea_Turtle_SIghtings_Data
Published / External
In Work
Lists Sea Turtle SIghtings
Data Table
Lists Species, Date, and Geographic Location of Sea Turtles sighted from 1987 to present.
SIghting_Day
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Day of Month sighting occurred
1-31
Year, Month, Day combination should be a legal date
Sighting_Month
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Month sighting occurred
1 to 12
Year, Month, Day combination should be a legal date
Sighting_Year
Numeric
4
No
No
Active
Year sighting occurred
1987-present year
Year, Month, Day combination should be a legal date
number_turtles_sighted
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
number of turtles sighted
SIghting_Latitide_degrees
Numeric
3
No
No
Active
Latitude degrees of Location Turtle sighting
Sighting_Latitude_minutes
Numeric
No
No
Active
Latitude minutes of sighting
Sighting_Longitude_degrees
Numeric
3
No
No
Active
Longitude degree of sighting
Sighting_Longitude_minutes
Numeric
3
No
No
Active
Longitude minutes of sighting
Species
Character
No
No
Active
species of sea turtle sighted
Loggerhead, Leatherback, Unknown, Green, Kemps_Ridley
Alive
Character
5
No
No
Active
Indicates If turtle was alive when sighted
Confident
Character
3
No
No
Active
Indicates Confidence in identification of species of sighted turtle
Yes, No
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Column Definitions
Published / External
Completed
Explains All Columns in The Data Table
Data Table
Yes
Meta Table listing columns and their descriptions
10
Original Variable Name
Character
30
Yes
Yes
Active
Column Name
20
Data Description
Character
80
Yes
No
Active
Column Commment
30
Data Type
Character
15
Yes
No
Active
Data Type of The Data Column
Numeric
Character
Date
40
Data Length
Numerc
4
Yes
No
4
0
Active
Length of The Data Column
50
Number of Decimal Places
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Provides Number of decimal places for numeric columns
60
Required?
Character
No
No
Active
Indicates if Data Column is a required column in the data
Data Steward
1988
Person
Mcneill, Joanne B
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
Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
2010
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
Contact by email preferred.
Ground Condition
-80.651667
-74.50222
37.666944
31.618611
Atlantic Ocean (U.S.)
Continuing
1988
Unclassified
Open to everyone
Download From Specified link
N/A
2017
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/accession/download/161174
2017
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
161174.1.1.tar.gz
gzip file containing whole archive package
NCEI Archived Data Accession
1.268 MB)
GZ / GZIP
Not Chked
Measure of latitude and longitude minutes are to 1 decimal place
Measure of latitude and longitude minutes are to 1 decimal place
There is a confident field which gives some qualitative content about the sighting data
sighting information is viewed to determine if geo-coordinates are reasonable and species identifications are valid
No
0
Yes
No
No
365
N/A
NCEI-MD
365
N/A
1
data are key-entered from printed cards mailed to the lab by the public or from emails sent to lab from online source to report sea turtle sightings (www.seaturtle.org)
Person
Mcneill, Joanne B
52333
Entity
Column Definitions
34516
Entity
Sea_Turtle_SIghtings_Data
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