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

• 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
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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.