36598
GOM_Kemps_ridley_growth_at_age.csv
Entity
Published / External
18757
Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth NCEI Accession 0160329
Data Set
Completed
Provides a rate of somatic growth by age for Kemp's Ridley turtles that were yielded by analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of Kemp's Ridley sea turtles collected along the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) coast prior to April, 2010, by participants in the national Sea Stranding Network.
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring
MD
Data Table
Yes
Provides a rate of somatic growth by age for Kemp's Ridley turtles that were yielded by analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of Kemp's Ridley sea turtles collected along the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) coast prior to April, 2010, by participants in the national Sea Stranding Network.
10
Turtle_ID
Numeric
Yes
No
3
Active
Individual-specific turtle identification number
25
State
Character
2
Yes
No
Active
Abbreviation for US State in which stranded sea turtle was recovered
In all cases in which FL is indicated, it is always on the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Should be a state on the Gulf Coast
30
Sex
Character
7
Yes
No
Active
Sex of the turtle as determined through necropsy (female, male, unknown)
female male unknown
40
SCL
Numeric
Yes
No
4
1
Active
Estimated initial straightline carapace length (notch-tip, cm) at beginning of annual somatic growth increment
cm
not determined
50
Growth
Numeric
5
Yes
No
2
Active
Annual estimated somatic growth rate (cm SCL/yr)
Numeric
cm/year
11.21
##.##
55
Age
Numeric
Yes
No
5
2
Active
Estimated age in years at the beginning of the annual somatic growth incremen
years
12.54
##.##
80
Year
Numeric
Yes
No
4
Active
Calendar year associated with the annual somatic growth rate
1999
Data Steward
2013
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
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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
NCEI Archive
Metadata Contact
2013
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
2013
Person
Avens, Larisa
larisa.avens@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort
NC
(252)728-8747
(252)728-8784
Contact by email preferred.
2017
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0104/0160329/1.1/data/0-data/18757/Growth_at_age/GOM_Kemps_ridley_growth_at_age.csv
2017
Organization
National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
GOM_Kemps_ridley_growth_at_age.csv
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