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Southeast Fisheries Science Center
(305)361-5761
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Miami
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Mcneill, Joanne B
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2024-02-29T00:00:00
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174)
1987
creation
2016
revision
publication
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
30417
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30417
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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]
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.
underDevelopment
Avens, Larisa
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
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Mcneill, Joanne B
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
17.0
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
17.0
Caretta caretta
Chelonia mydas
Dermochelys coriacea
Lepidochelys kempii
theme
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
17.0
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
instrument
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
17.2
0161174
161174
theme
NCEI Accession
BeaPR-MT Metadata Portfolio
theme
SEFSC
Coastal Waters Of North Carolina
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NODC SEA AREA NAMES
Atlantic Ocean
Sightings
Turtles
theme
1987-2015
temporal
DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
2017-04-24
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8.5
Beaufort Protected Resources Sea Turtles
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Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Sea turtles sightings in North Carolina from 1987-02-01 to 2015-06-16 (NCEI Accession 0161174) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30417.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
30417
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/30417.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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eng; US
oceans
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Atlantic Ocean (U.S.)
| Currentness: Ground Condition
1988
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Data Table
Sea_Turtle_SIghtings_Data
2021-04-29
publication
Column Definitions
2021-04-29
publication
NCEI Archived Data Accession
GZ / GZIP
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
(301) 713-3277
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910-3282
distributor
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/accession/download/161174
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161174.1.1.tar.gz
gzip file containing whole archive package
download
dataset
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Measure of latitude and longitude minutes are to 1 decimal place
Vertical Positional Accuracy
Measure of latitude and longitude minutes are to 1 decimal place
Bias
There is a confident field which gives some qualitative content about the sighting data
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)
Mcneill, Joanne B
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