Monthly morphometric data on captive Kemps ridley sea turtles from 1998-2014 (NCEI Accession 0156880)

• Main Author: Benjamin Higgins
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0156880; 156880; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REPTILES; shell parameters (length or weight); calipers; scale; laboratory analyses; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Galveston, TX Laboratory; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Coastal Waters of Texas; Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Galveston, TX Laboratory (SEFSC - Galveston Lab); OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{05DEA3B7-E50A-4954-91FB-39F328B350FD}

This data contains monthly morphometric measurements on captive reared sea turtles at the Galveston, TX NOAA lab. Morphometric measurements are taken to track growth and health. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research.