26902
Summary of satellite tagged sea turtles at NOAA Galveston 2002-2016
Data Set
Published / External
24607
Galveston Turtle Projects
Project
Completed
2002
A masters level student at Texas A&M University at Galveston [TAMUG] worked for the Galveston Lab and applied satellite tags to nesting turtles. When the student finished their work and moved on, TAMUG took over the satellite nestiing project, but as a condition of the USFWS permit was TAMUG had to bring the turtle back to the NOAA Galveston Laboratory for satellite tagging so the Galveston Lab continued to document information even though they were not the ones physically collecting that information.
Later turtles were documented that were moved off the beach for satellite tagging, even if they didn't receive a satellite tag. In addition the Galveston Lab continued to document each time a satellite turtle was seen, even if it was not satellite tagged.
To provide a list of satellite tagged nesting turtles.
All provided files are contained within the zipped distribution file which is downloadable from the SEFSC PARR Data Serv
Theme
FLIPPER_TAG
Theme
Nesting
Theme
PIT_TAG
Theme
SATELLITE_TAG
Theme
satellite tag
Theme
sea turtle
Theme
tracking
Temporal
2002-2016
Spatial
Gulf of Mexico
Spatial
Texas
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Miami
FL
USA
The PARR Server In the Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center
Data Set
MS Excel Spreadsheet
As Needed
Table (digital)
N/A
N/A
N/A
52401
meta_data.csv
Published / External
Completed
Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entity for this dataset
Data Table
Yes
Column Definitions
Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set
20
Original Variable Name
Character
40
Yes
No
Active
The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file
30
Revised Variable Name
Character
40
Yes
No
Active
This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.
40
Data Description
Character
150
Yes
No
Active
The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column
50
Data Type
Character
12
Yes
No
Active
Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column
Character
Number
60
Data Length
Numeric
4
Yes
No
0
Active
The length of the corresponding field in question
70
Number of Decimal Places
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question
I
100
Required?
Character
7
Yes
No
Active
Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table
Yes
No
52402
Descriptors.csv
Codes and Values Explained
Published / External
Completed
Metadata Table which Describes Codes and short values In The Data Tables of Entities in this data set
Data Table
Yes
Meta Table listing Codes and Their Values. Please note that codes for all data columns have been provided
10
MiscDescripter Code
Character
20
Yes
No
Active
Code Value or value
20
Description
Character
100
Yes
No
Active
Meaning of The Code or value
52404
Summary of satellite tagged sea turtles Galveston 2002-2016
Summary_of_satellite_tagged_sea_turtles.csv
Published / External
Completed
A masters level student at Texas A&M University at Galveston [TAMUG] worked for the Galveston Lab and applied satellite tags to nesting turtles. When the student finished their work and moved on, TAMUG took over the satellite nestiing project, but as a condition of the USFWS permit was TAMUG had to bring the turtle back to the NOAA Galveston Laboratory for satellite tagging so the Galveston Lab continued to document information even though they were not the ones physically collecting that information.
Later turtles were documented that were moved off the beach for satellite tagging, even if they didn't receive a satellite tag. In addition the Galveston Lab continued to document each time a satellite turtle was seen, even if it was not satellite tagged.
Spreadsheet
Yes
The database contains records pertaining to all sea turtles recovered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory as the local representative of the Southeast Fisheries Science Centers Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network STSSN. The data includes morphometrics at the time of stranding, species and condition of the sea turtle at the time of stranding and documentation of tags present. It also contains information on the geographic location of the stranding.
5
YEAR
Numeric
4
Yes
No
0
Active
Year part of the date that the event took place
10
EVENT
CHARACTER
18
Yes
No
Active
Reason sea turtle came ashore
Nesting
False Crawl
15
DATE
Date
10
Yes
No
Active
Date when sea turtle was reported stranded
MM/DD/YYYY
30
LEFT_FRONT_FLIPPER_TAG
CHARACTER
6
Yes
No
Active
Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers located in left front flipper
40
Right_Front_Flipper_TAG
CHARACTER
6
Yes
No
Active
Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers located in right front flipper
cc
CC=Loggerhead
50
LEFT_REAR_FLIPPER_TAG
CHARACTER
100
Yes
No
Active
Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers located in left rear flipper
60
PIT_TAG
CHARACTER
15
Yes
No
Active
Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder.
N/A
Not Applicable
70
PIT_Tag_Location
CHARACTER
20
Yes
No
Active
The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle
Degrees
80
NAME
CHARACTER
20
Yes
No
Active
Stranding identifcation codes were not always given to nesting sea turtles. Often they were named after or by someone who found the turtle.
110
SATELLITE_TAG_ID
CHARACTER
6
No
No
Active
Identification number of the radio transmitter
CM
150
COMMENTS
CHARACTER
2000
No
No
Active
A physical description of the external and internal examination of the sea turtle
Data Steward
2002
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
Contact by email preferred.
Distributor
2002
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
About SEFSC
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Contact by email preferred.
Metadata Contact
2002
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
2002
Person
Baumer, Tim J
tim.baumer@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3784
Contact by email preferred.
Ground Condition
-94.819688
-94.81456
29.278028
29.274811
Gulf Of Mexico
Range
2002
2016
Unclassified
None
Open to everyone
Download from provided link
None
Please cite appropriately
None
Please cite appropriately
2002
https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/26902.zip
2002
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
26902.zip
ONLINE RESOURCE
SPREADSHEET (MICROSOFT EXCEL)
XLS - Microsoft Excel
Zip
Not Chked
Not Applicable
None
No
0
No
No
No
365
N/A
To Be Determined
365
The data resides on a secure database server only accessible through the NMFS network requiring separate multi-factor authentication for both network and database access.
Turtle is recovered
Data is collected on the trutle
ummary of satellite tagged sea turtles at NOAA Galveston 2002-2016
Person
Ben Higgins
Originator
Continuing
2002
1
The provided turtle is examined and Tag information is recorded
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
52403
Document
readme.pdf
52402
Entity
Descriptors.csv
52404
Entity
Summary of satellite tagged sea turtles Galveston 2002-2016
52401
Entity
meta_data.csv
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26902
Benjamin Higgins
2015-09-04T14:24:06
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-10-17T16:12:08
2021-04-29
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
www.sefsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
1001
Public
No
2021-04-29
1 Year
2022-04-29