Sea turtle population study in the coastal waters of North Carolina from 1988-06-07 to 2015-09-22 (NCEI Accession 0162846)

• Main Author: Joanne Mcneill
• 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; 0162846; 162846; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGICAL DATA; girth; growth rate; REPTILES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE HISTORY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX; calipers; scale; trawl; biological; laboratory analyses; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Beaufort, NC Laboratory; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; North Atlantic Ocean; Pamlico Sound; oceanography; Calipers; Gill net; Long haul seine; Measuring tape; Pound net; CCL-notch; CCL-tip; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Circumference; Curved Carapace Length (CCL); Curved Carapace Width (CCW); Depth Mid; Dermochelys coriacea; Genetics; Green sea turtle; Kemps Ridley; Leatherback; Lepidochelys kempii; Loggerhead; SCL-notch; SCL-tip; Sea Turtles; Sex; Size; Species; Straight Carapace Length (SCL); Straight Carapace Width (SCW); Tagging; Turtles; Weight; TRAWL; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; Coastal Shores of North Carolina; North Carolina; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{6ADE86C0-2A5C-47C7-81E0-C3C83A5CA935}

This data set contains sea turtle length and weight measurements, sex ratios, species composition, capture and release locations, tagging information, and information on biological samples collected for loggerhead, green, and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle populations in the coastal waters of North Carolina.