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Summary

Abstract

Radio transmitters attached to sea turtles captured in various fishing gear enabled us to track and measure surfacing time of each turtle. Determining location of each turtle required detection and direction (bearing) of radio signals simultaneously by two or more receivers in the area. From these bearings, the animal's location is determined via triangulation. Furthermore, because radio signals only transmit in the air, duration of detected signals can be used to determine length of time turtles were spending on the surface of the water.

Description

Provides date of listening session, recorded bearing of turtle being tracked, Time signal was detected, strength of signal detected, and geo-coordinates of listening station (i.e., boat)

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
Turtle ID
number
Unique turtle number
Date
Date
Date radio tagged turtle was tracked
Time
Time
time the transmitter signal was detected
Bearing
Numeric
Compass Bearing related to the direction of the detected transmitter signal
Numer_of_beats
Numeric
Number of times signal was detected at the recorded time.
strength_of_beats
Character
Strength of the detected signal - faint, light, medium strong, loud, really loud
latitude
Numeric
latitude of listening station (i.e. boat)
longitude
Numeric
longitude of listening station (i.e. boat)

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

Data is not for use in litigation.

Please cite appropriately

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Joanne B Mcneill

Metadata Contact
Joanne B Mcneill

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-78.5° W, -74.6° E, 36.7° N, 33.4° S

Atlantic Ocean (U.S.)

Time Frame 1
2013 - Present

Item Identification

Title: Sea_turtle_radio_telemetary_data.csv
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Radio transmitters attached to sea turtles captured in various fishing gear enabled us to track and measure surfacing time of each turtle. Determining location of each turtle required detection and direction (bearing) of radio signals simultaneously by two or more receivers in the area. From these bearings, the animal's location is determined via triangulation. Furthermore, because radio signals only transmit in the air, duration of detected signals can be used to determine length of time turtles were spending on the surface of the water.

Purpose:

Radio transmitters were attached to sea turtles to track movements and determine habitat preference, in addition to determining surfacing intervals.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None habitat
None protected species
None Radio transmitters
None tracking
None turtles

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 2013-present

Physical Location

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

NCEI Archive

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

Provides date of listening session, recorded bearing of turtle being tracked, Time signal was detected, strength of signal detected, and geo-coordinates of listening station (i.e., boat)

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
Turtle ID number Unique turtle number
100
Date Date Date radio tagged turtle was tracked
100
Time Time time the transmitter signal was detected
100
Bearing Numeric Compass Bearing related to the direction of the detected transmitter signal
100
Numer_of_beats Numeric Number of times signal was detected at the recorded time.
100
strength_of_beats Character Strength of the detected signal - faint, light, medium strong, loud, really loud
100
latitude Numeric latitude of listening station (i.e. boat)
100
longitude Numeric longitude of listening station (i.e. boat)

Attribute Details

Turtle ID

CC ID: 387955
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: number
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique turtle number

Date

CC ID: 348537
Data Storage Type: Date
Max Length: 12
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date radio tagged turtle was tracked

Time

CC ID: 348538
Data Storage Type: Time
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

time the transmitter signal was detected

Bearing

CC ID: 348539
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Compass Bearing related to the direction of the detected transmitter signal

Numer_of_beats

CC ID: 348540
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of times signal was detected at the recorded time.

strength_of_beats

CC ID: 348541
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Strength of the detected signal - faint, light, medium strong, loud, really loud

latitude

CC ID: 348542
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

latitude of listening station (i.e. boat)

Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees

longitude

CC ID: 348543
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

longitude of listening station (i.e. boat)

Unit of Measure: Decimal degrees

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 348942
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mcneill, Joanne B

Distributor

CC ID: 348940
Date Effective From: 2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address: NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone: (301) 713-3277

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 348941
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mcneill, Joanne B

Point of Contact

CC ID: 348943
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Mcneill, Joanne B
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 348945
W° Bound: -78.5
E° Bound: -74.6
N° Bound: 36.7
S° Bound: 33.4
Description

Atlantic Ocean (U.S.)

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 348946
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 2013

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

Open to everyone

Data Access Procedure:

Download from provided link

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

Data is not for use in litigation.

Please cite appropriately

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 753927
Start Date: 2017
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160089/2.2/data/0-data/30418/CSV/Renamed_Data_Table.csv
Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2017 - Present)
File Name: Renamed_Data_Table.csv
File Type (Deprecated): csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Distribution 2

CC ID: 753928
Start Date: 2017
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160089/2.2/data/0-data/30418/Sea_Turtle_Radio_Telemetry_Data.xlsx
Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2017 - Present)
File Name: Sea_Turtle_Radio_Telemetry_Data.xlsx
Description:

Data as .xlsx file

File Type (Deprecated): SPREADSHEET (MICROSOFT EXCEL)
Distribution Format: XLS - Microsoft Excel
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 34642
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:34642
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2016-09-02 12:16+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-04-18
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2022-04-18
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2023-04-18