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Turtles Rehabilitated 2016

Entity (ENT)  |  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50693  |  Updated: October 17, 2023  |  Published / External 
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Summary

Abstract

The NOAA Galveston Laboratory has been raising sea turtles continously in captivity since 1977. As the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network [STSSN] local represenatative for the upper Texas Gulf coast [coast is divided into 4 areas - upper, middle, Padre Island National Seashore and lower], we respond to sea turtle strandings, dead or alive. We document dead sea turtles, conduct a necropsy in an attempt to determine cause of death, collect biological samples if required, and dispose of the carcass. Live turtles are returned to the NOAA Galveston Laboratory where they are cared for in the sea turtle hospital. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is not mandated to run a sea turtle hospital, but we do, because we have the capability to do so and there are no other local resources with the expertise to treat and house sick and injured sea turtles. Sea turtles receive medical attention from our attending veterinarians and The Houston Zoo, Inc., provides the bulk of those medical services free of charge. Once sea turtles are treated, recovered/rehabilitated and medically cleared, they are released either offshore or into Galveston Bay depending on the species, size and age of the turtle. We try to release sea turtles back into the wild where they would be normally found at that size and maturity. The Gulf of Mexico in Galveston seasonally supports healthy sea turtles from April to October. By November of each year, the coastal waters become too cold to support healthy sea turtles. Sea turtles that strand after October or that are still receiving treatment in October, are usually held over the winter and released the following spring. Occassionally, turtles that require holding over the winter are sent to The Houston Zoo, Inc., Moody Gardens, or Texas A&M University at Galveston for over-wintering.

Description

The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory. Data includes the number of each species rehabilitated and the year in which each sea turtle was rehabilitated.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Spreadsheet

Data Attribute / Type Description
SPECIES
CHARACTER 		Genus and species of sea turtle
Rehabilitated 2013 turtles released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
NUMERIC 		Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2013 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
Rehabilitated 2014 turtles released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
Numeric 		Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2014 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
Rehabilitated 2015 Turtles Released in 2016 [1/27/2016]
Numeric 		Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2015 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
Total Number Rehabiltated and Released [1/27/2016]
Numeric 		Total Number of Turtles Rehabilitated and Released in 2016 thru 01/27/2016
Number Died/Euthanized During Rehabilitation [01/27/2016]
NUMERIC 		The number of sea turtles that died or were Euthanized during rehabilitation in 2016 as of 01/27/2016
Number Currently in Rehabiltation [01/27/2016]
NUMERIC 		The number of sea turtles that are currently in rehabilitation as of [01/27/2016]
Total
NUMERIC 		Total number of sea turtles released in the current year (through 01/27/2016)
Running total 2001-Present [5/1/2015]
Numeric 		Cumulative Running Total Rehabilitated For This species from 2001 until [05/1/2015].
Number Currently on Medication [01/27/2016]
Numeric 		Number of Turtles Currently on Medication as of 01/27/2016
Number Currently at Offsite Holding Facility [01/27/2016]
NUMERIC 		Number of Sea Turtles Currently at Offsite Holding Facility as of [01/27/2016]

Distribution Information

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

    2016 Turtles Rehabilitation File

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Tim J Baumer
tim.baumer@noaa.gov
409-766-3784

Metadata Contact
Benjamin Higgins
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
409-766-3670

Item Identification

Title: Turtles Rehabilitated 2016
Status: Completed
Abstract:

The NOAA Galveston Laboratory has been raising sea turtles continously in captivity since 1977. As the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network [STSSN] local represenatative for the upper Texas Gulf coast [coast is divided into 4 areas - upper, middle, Padre Island National Seashore and lower], we respond to sea turtle strandings, dead or alive. We document dead sea turtles, conduct a necropsy in an attempt to determine cause of death, collect biological samples if required, and dispose of the carcass. Live turtles are returned to the NOAA Galveston Laboratory where they are cared for in the sea turtle hospital. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is not mandated to run a sea turtle hospital, but we do, because we have the capability to do so and there are no other local resources with the expertise to treat and house sick and injured sea turtles. Sea turtles receive medical attention from our attending veterinarians and The Houston Zoo, Inc., provides the bulk of those medical services free of charge. Once sea turtles are treated, recovered/rehabilitated and medically cleared, they are released either offshore or into Galveston Bay depending on the species, size and age of the turtle. We try to release sea turtles back into the wild where they would be normally found at that size and maturity. The Gulf of Mexico in Galveston seasonally supports healthy sea turtles from April to October. By November of each year, the coastal waters become too cold to support healthy sea turtles. Sea turtles that strand after October or that are still receiving treatment in October, are usually held over the winter and released the following spring. Occassionally, turtles that require holding over the winter are sent to The Houston Zoo, Inc., Moody Gardens, or Texas A&M University at Galveston for over-wintering.
Purpose:

To track the annual number of sea turtles that are rehabilitated by the NOAA Sea Turtle Facility hospital in 2016
Notes:

Please note that there are changes between the 2015 and 2016 tables. It appears data in 2016 is only until 01/27/2016

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Caretta caretta
None Chelonia mydas
None Dermochelys coriacea
None Eretomochelys imbricata
None Lepidochelys kempii
None Rehabilitation
None Sea Turtle
None species

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 2013-2016

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Galveston
None Gulf Of Mexico
None Texas

Physical Location

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

Entity Information

Entity Type: Spreadsheet
Description:

The database contains a summary of the number of sea turtles that have been rehabilitated by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory. Data includes the number of each species rehabilitated and the year in which each sea turtle was rehabilitated.
Change Summary:

(There were no turtles rehabilitated and released through 01/27/2016) The columns added for this year

Rehabilitated 2013 turtles released in 2016 [1/27/2016]

Rehabilitated 2014 turtles released in 2016 [1/27/2016]

Rehabilitated 2015 Turtles Released in 2016 [1/27/2016]

Total Number Rehabiltated and Released [1/27/2016]

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 SPECIES CHARACTER Genus and species of sea turtle
100
 Rehabilitated 2013 turtles released in 2016 [01/27/2016] NUMERIC Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2013 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
100
 Rehabilitated 2014 turtles released in 2016 [01/27/2016] Numeric Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2014 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
100
 Rehabilitated 2015 Turtles Released in 2016 [1/27/2016] Numeric Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2015 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]
100
 Total Number Rehabiltated and Released [1/27/2016] Numeric Total Number of Turtles Rehabilitated and Released in 2016 thru 01/27/2016
100
 Number Died/Euthanized During Rehabilitation [01/27/2016] NUMERIC The number of sea turtles that died or were Euthanized during rehabilitation in 2016 as of 01/27/2016
100
 Number Currently in Rehabiltation [01/27/2016] NUMERIC The number of sea turtles that are currently in rehabilitation as of [01/27/2016]
100
 Total NUMERIC Total number of sea turtles released in the current year (through 01/27/2016)
100
 Running total 2001-Present [5/1/2015] Numeric Cumulative Running Total Rehabilitated For This species from 2001 until [05/1/2015].
100
 Number Currently on Medication [01/27/2016] Numeric Number of Turtles Currently on Medication as of 01/27/2016
100
 Number Currently at Offsite Holding Facility [01/27/2016] NUMERIC Number of Sea Turtles Currently at Offsite Holding Facility as of [01/27/2016]

Attribute Details

SPECIES

CC ID: 703334
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 35
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Genus and species of sea turtle

Rehabilitated 2013 turtles released in 2016 [01/27/2016]

CC ID: 703330
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 2
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2013 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]

Rehabilitated 2014 turtles released in 2016 [01/27/2016]

CC ID: 703331
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2014 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]

Rehabilitated 2015 Turtles Released in 2016 [1/27/2016]

CC ID: 703329
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of Turtles Rehabilitated in 2015 released in 2016 [01/27/2016]

Total Number Rehabiltated and Released [1/27/2016]

CC ID: 703336
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total Number of Turtles Rehabilitated and Released in 2016 thru 01/27/2016
Derivation:

Sum of the Columns:

Rehabilitated 2013 turtles released in 2016 [1/27/2016]

Rehabilitated 2014 turtles released in 2016 [1/27/2016]

Rehabilitated 2015 Turtles Released in 2016 [1/27/2016]

Number Died/Euthanized During Rehabilitation [01/27/2016]

CC ID: 703328
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 2
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The number of sea turtles that died or were Euthanized during rehabilitation in 2016 as of 01/27/2016

Number Currently in Rehabiltation [01/27/2016]

CC ID: 703326
Seq. Order: 43
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The number of sea turtles that are currently in rehabilitation as of [01/27/2016]

Total

CC ID: 703335
Seq. Order: 45
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total number of sea turtles released in the current year (through 01/27/2016)
Derivation:

Sum of Columns

Total Number Rehabiltated and Released [1/27/2016]

Number Died/Euthanized During Rehabilitation [1/27/2016]

Number Currently in Rehabiltation [1/27/2016] l

Running total 2001-Present [5/1/2015]

CC ID: 703333
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Cumulative Running Total Rehabilitated For This species from 2001 until [05/1/2015].

Number Currently on Medication [01/27/2016]

CC ID: 703327
Seq. Order: 60
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of Turtles Currently on Medication as of 01/27/2016

Number Currently at Offsite Holding Facility [01/27/2016]

CC ID: 703325
Seq. Order: 90
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of Sea Turtles Currently at Offsite Holding Facility as of [01/27/2016]

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 703337
Date Effective From: 2001
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Higgins, Benjamin
Address: 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address: ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone: 409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 703338
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: 703339
Date Effective From: 2001
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Higgins, Benjamin
Address: 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address: ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone: 409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 703340
Date Effective From: 2016
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Baumer, Tim J
Address: 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address: tim.baumer@noaa.gov
Phone: 409-766-3784
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 703341
Start Date: 2017
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/3.3/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/30676/CSV/2016.csv
Distributor: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2017 - Present)
File Name: 2016.csv
Description:

2016 Turtles Rehabilitation File

File Type (Deprecated): tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Not Chked

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 50693
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50693
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2017-12-06 15:36+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2021-04-29
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-04-29
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-04-29