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, th...