Turtles at Offsite Holding Facilities (Corrected Column Names)

Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Entity (ENT) | ID: 36557 | Published / External
Created: 2017-01-30   |   Last Modified: 2023-08-15

Parent: Summary of NOAA Galveston rehabilitated sea turtles held temporarily at offsite holding facilities
Data Set (DS) | ID: 26900

ID: 36557
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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.
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Monitor the growth of sea turtles rehabilitated by the NOAA Sea Turtle Facility.
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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
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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.
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Score Req'd? PKey? » Name Data Storage Type Description
100 No No STRANDING_IDENTIFICATION_CODE Character 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.
100 No No SPECIES Character Two Character Sea Turtle Code. This is the same code found on the STSSN forms.
100 No No FACILITY Character The Facility at which the sea turtle was placed
100 No No COMMENTS Character Comments on anything out of the normal
100 No No MEASUREMENT_DATE Number Date on which the measurement was recorded
100 No No LENGTH_CM Number 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
100 No No WEIGHT_KG Number Weight in kilograms

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Attribute Name STRANDING_IDENTIFICATION_CODE
Seq. Order 10
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Max Length 12
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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.

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Attribute Name SPECIES
Seq. Order 20
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Two Character Sea Turtle Code. This is the same code found on the STSSN forms.
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Allowed Values 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
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Attribute Name FACILITY
Seq. Order 30
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The Facility at which the sea turtle was placed
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Attribute Name COMMENTS
Seq. Order 40
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Max Length 300
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Attribute Name MEASUREMENT_DATE
Seq. Order 50
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Max Length 10
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Date on which the measurement was recorded
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Attribute Name LENGTH_CM
Seq. Order 60
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Max Length 5
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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
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Attribute Name WEIGHT_KG
Seq. Order 70
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Max Length 5
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Weight in kilograms
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Person Higgins, Benjamin
Address 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
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Galveston, TX 77551
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Person Baumer, Tim J
Address 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
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» Download URL https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26900/CSV/Renamed_Data_Table.csv
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Catalog Item ID 36557
Metadata Record Created By David Huddleston
Metadata Record Created 2017-01-30 15:43+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By SysAdmin InPortAdmin
» Metadata Record Last Modified 2023-08-15 17:09+0000
Metadata Record Published 2021-04-29
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Metadata Last Review Date 2021-04-29
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Metadata Next Review Date 2022-04-29
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