Loggerhead oceanic stage duration in North Atlantic Ocean from 1984 to 2009 (NCEI Accession 0157929)

This data set contains analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of 222 juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded dead along the Atlantic US coast and provides age, growth rate, and stage duration estimates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Larisa Avens, Lisa R. Goshe, Mariela Pajuelo, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Bradley D. MacDonald, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Garrett E. Lemons
Format:	Dataset
Language:	unknown
Published:	NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
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 0157929 157929 ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MARKS OR TAGS ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS BIOLOGICAL DATA calipers laboratory analyses US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Beaufort, NC Laboratory US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center Coastal Waters of Florida North Atlantic Ocean oceanography US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Beaufort, NC Laboratory (NMFS/SEFSC - Beaufort Lab - NMFS) Caretta caretta Loggerhead age growth oceanic pelagic protected species sex skeletochronology stage duration straight carapace length turtles OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN North Atlantic
Online Access:	https://search.dataone.org/view/{33C3F859-25AE-4A60-8DA3-4A64AEBB283A}

Description
Summary:	This data set contains analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of 222 juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) stranded dead along the Atlantic US coast and provides age, growth rate, and stage duration estimates.