Galveston Head Start Captive Reared Sea Turtle Program 1979 to 2016 (NCEI Accession 0157625)

• Main Author: Benjamin Higgins
• 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; 0157625; 157625; AMMONIA (NH3); AMMONIUM (NH4); ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - CAUSE OF DEATH; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MARKS OR TAGS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BACTERIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; pH; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; calipers; scale; YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument; laboratory analyses; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico; Coastal Waters of Texas; Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; Ammonia; Bacteriology; Behavior; Body Depth; Carapace Length; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Diet; Eretmochelys imbricata; Feeding; Kemps Ridley; Lepidochelys kempii; Loggerhead; Medications; Morphometric Data; NO3; Sea Turtle; Sick Captive Sea Turtles; Water Chemistry; Water Quality; Weight; green sea turtle; growth; hawksbill; rehabilitation; release; tagging; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Galveston, TX Laboratory; Sampling PH Strips; Water Chemistry Kit; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; TX Laboratory; North Atlantic; Galveston; Texas
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This is a compilation of several data sets related to the Galveston Texas Seaturtle Headstart program. Most notable is the Kemp's ridley headstart program [1978-1992] which captive reared up to 2,000 Kemp's ridley hatchlings per year until they were large enough to receive up to 4 tags, then they were released into the wild in the Gulf of Mexico. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. This data package also contains data from the seawater intake pump. Water quality data is recorded during the intake of seawater through the intake lines. This data package also contains a summary of bacteria found in the turtle tanks. In order to maintain healthy reared sea turtle swabs were taken and tested for several different bacteria.