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Loggerhead Turtle Class of 2015

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50802 | Updated: October 3, 2024 | Published / External

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Abstract

From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance.

Description

The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight.

Entity Type
Spreadsheet

Data Attribute / Type	Description
SPECIES CHARACTER	Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases
YEARCLASS NUMERIC	Year in which sea turtle hatched.
MEASUREMENT_DATE Date	Date on which the measurement was recorded
Nest Character	Nest
Raceway Character	The location in which the sea turtle was housed
Crate Character	Crate
ROW CHARACTER	ROW
Column Numeric	Column
Position Character	Position
FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER	Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers
FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER	Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached
WEIGHT_G NUMERIC	Weight if Turttle in grams
LENGTH_CM NUMERIC	Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace
WIDTH_CM NUMERIC	Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace
DEPTH_CM NUMERIC	Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters.
PIT_TAG_CODE_1 CHARACTER	Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder.
PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1 CHARACTER	The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle
RELEASE_DATE Date	Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild.
RELEASE_ LOCATION CHARACTER	Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild.
Comments CHARACTER	Comments on release.

Data Attribute / Type

Description

SPECIES
CHARACTER

Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases

YEARCLASS
NUMERIC

Year in which sea turtle hatched.

MEASUREMENT_DATE
Date

Date on which the measurement was recorded

Nest
Character

Nest

Raceway
Character

The location in which the sea turtle was housed

Crate
Character

Crate

ROW
CHARACTER

ROW

Column
Numeric

Column

Position
Character

Position

FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1
CHARACTER

Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers

FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1
CHARACTER

Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached

WEIGHT_G
NUMERIC

Weight if Turttle in grams

LENGTH_CM
NUMERIC

Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace

WIDTH_CM
NUMERIC

Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace

DEPTH_CM
NUMERIC

Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters.

PIT_TAG_CODE_1
CHARACTER

Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder.

PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1
CHARACTER

The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle

RELEASE_DATE
Date

Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild.

RELEASE_ LOCATION
CHARACTER

Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild.

Comments
CHARACTER

Comments on release.

Renamed_Data_Sheet.csv

CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

File for Captive Raised Loggerhead Turtles, Class of 2015

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

Not for use in litigation.

Please cite appropriately.

No Child Items for this record.

Point of Contact
Tim J Baumer
tim.baumer@noaa.gov
409-766-3784

Metadata Contact
Benjamin Higgins
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
409-766-3670

Title:	Loggerhead Turtle Class of 2015
Status:	Completed
Abstract:	From 2001-2016 [except 2013], the NOAA Galveston Laboratory raised only Florida loggerheads sourced as hatchlings from beaches in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Juno Beach, and Melbourne Beach, Florida. The loggerhead captive rearing program was a joint project with the State of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection [FDEP] and then the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission [FWC]. Loggerhead hatchlings were collected post emergence in cages, or excavated just prior to emergence depending on the location of collection. In 1996, a wild loggerhead sea turtle nested on the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas and the eggs were sent to PINS for incubation. Thirty of the 1996 Texas loggerhead hatchlings from the Bolivar clutch were collected at PINS and transported to NOAA Galveston for captive rearing and use in tag development and TED testing research. Loggerheads were used for a variety of physiology, pharmacokinetic, sensory and behavioral experiments as well as tag development, hook and bait research related to the pelagic longline fishery. Loggerheads were captive reared for up to 4 years depending on the research need. During captive rearing, sea turtles are regularly weighed and measured, usually on a 4 week interval. Morphometric measurements such as carapace length, carapace width, body depth and weight are taken to track growth and health. Measurements may be taken on all sea turtles within a year class or a smaller sub-set and the average used for the entire year class. Morphometric measurements may be taken more frequently than every 4 weeks if a critical need arises for a specific sized sea turtle for research project. When tags are applied, the codes and locations of those tags are recorded in the database corresponding to the year class of the sea turtles. Sometimes multiple tags of the same kind were applied as part of tag research programs. When research is completed, the turtles are released back into the wild in a location that best matches the natural location where a sea turtle of that size might be found. Florida loggerheads were typically released back in Florida waters or Federal waters offshore of the State of Florida. Body weight is used to calculate food rations and sea turtles are raised to whatever size is required for fisheries research. A two-year-old loggerhead raised at the NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the scientific standard for testing and certifying TEDs. The two-year-old loggerhead is used as a surrogate for a 2-3-year-old Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest size sea turtle encountered in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM] shrimp fishery in the and Southeast Atlantic in the USA. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research. Records on the feeding rates of each species, of each yearclass are maintained daily as are data on water quality, animal husbandry cleaning schedules, number of people visiting the facility, and general maintenance.
Purpose:	Monitor growth of captive reared sea turtles for class of 2015
Notes:	There are some blank empty rows in the archive that can simply be deleted. There are a few rows that give average length and weight measurements by a measuring period.

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus	Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None	body depth
None	caretta caretta
None	length
None	loggerhead
None	morphometric data
None	sea turtle
None	weight

Thesaurus

Keyword

UNCONTROLLED

None

body depth

None

caretta caretta

None

length

None

loggerhead

None

morphometric data

None

sea turtle

None

weight

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus	Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None	2015

Thesaurus

Keyword

UNCONTROLLED

None

2015

Entity Type:	Spreadsheet
Active Version?:	Yes
Description:	The database contains monthly measurements taken on captive reared sea turtles. Measurements include: straight carapace length nuchal notch to carapace tip, straight carapace width maximum width, body depth maximum, weight.

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	SPECIES	CHARACTER	Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases
100	YEARCLASS	NUMERIC	Year in which sea turtle hatched.
100	MEASUREMENT_DATE	Date	Date on which the measurement was recorded
100	Nest	Character	Nest
100	Raceway	Character	The location in which the sea turtle was housed
100	Crate	Character	Crate
100	ROW	CHARACTER	ROW
100	Column	Numeric	Column
100	Position	Character	Position
100	FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1	CHARACTER	Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers
100	FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1	CHARACTER	Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached
100	WEIGHT_G	NUMERIC	Weight if Turttle in grams
100	LENGTH_CM	NUMERIC	Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace
100	WIDTH_CM	NUMERIC	Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace
100	DEPTH_CM	NUMERIC	Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters.
100	PIT_TAG_CODE_1	CHARACTER	Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder.
100	PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1	CHARACTER	The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle
100	RELEASE_DATE	Date	Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild.
100	RELEASE_ LOCATION	CHARACTER	Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild.
100	Comments	CHARACTER	Comments on release.

Name

Type

Description

100

SPECIES

CHARACTER

Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases

100

YEARCLASS

NUMERIC

Year in which sea turtle hatched.

100

MEASUREMENT_DATE

Date

Date on which the measurement was recorded

100

Nest

Character

Nest

100

Raceway

Character

The location in which the sea turtle was housed

100

Crate

Character

Crate

100

ROW

CHARACTER

ROW

100

Column

Numeric

Column

100

Position

Character

Position

100

FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1

CHARACTER

Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers

100

FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1

CHARACTER

Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached

100

WEIGHT_G

NUMERIC

Weight if Turttle in grams

100

LENGTH_CM

NUMERIC

Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace

100

WIDTH_CM

NUMERIC

Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace

100

DEPTH_CM

NUMERIC

Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters.

100

PIT_TAG_CODE_1

CHARACTER

Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder.

100

PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1

CHARACTER

The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle

100

RELEASE_DATE

Date

Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild.

100

RELEASE_ LOCATION

CHARACTER

Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild.

100

Comments

CHARACTER

Comments on release.

Attribute Details

SPECIES

CC ID: 704773

Seq. Order:	10
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	22
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Genus and species of sea turtle. The Genus may be abbreviated to one letter in certain cases
Display Example:	C.caretta
Allowed Values:	It is always C.caretta
Validation Rules:	Must be C.caretta

YEARCLASS

CC ID: 704776

Seq. Order:	20
Data Storage Type:	NUMERIC
Max Length:	4
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Year in which sea turtle hatched.

MEASUREMENT_DATE

CC ID: 704763

Seq. Order:	30
Data Storage Type:	Date
Max Length:	10
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Date on which the measurement was recorded
Format Mask:	MM/DD/YYYY

Nest

CC ID: 704764

Seq. Order:	45
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	10
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Nest

Raceway

CC ID: 704772

Seq. Order:	47
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	6
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The location in which the sea turtle was housed

Crate

CC ID: 704758

Seq. Order:	51
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	10
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Crate

ROW

CC ID: 704771

Seq. Order:	58
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	20
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	ROW

Column

CC ID: 704757

Seq. Order:	59
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	2
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Column

Position

CC ID: 704768

Seq. Order:	60
Data Storage Type:	Character
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Position

FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1

CC ID: 704760

Seq. Order:	65
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	6
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Monel alloy flipper tag with a 6 character code of letters and numbers
Display Example:	SSS801

FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1

CC ID: 704761

Seq. Order:	70
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	20
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Location on the sea turtle to which the flipper tag is attached

WEIGHT_G

CC ID: 704774

Seq. Order:	100
Data Storage Type:	NUMERIC
Max Length:	8
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Scale:	1
Status:	Active
Description:	Weight if Turttle in grams
Unit of Measure:	grams
Format Mask:	##.#

LENGTH_CM

CC ID: 704762

Seq. Order:	110
Data Storage Type:	NUMERIC
Max Length:	5
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Straight carapace length in centimeters. Measurement is taken with calipers from the nuchal notch of the carapace to the most posterior tip of the carapace
Unit of Measure:	cm
Display Example:	48.3
Format Mask:	#.##

WIDTH_CM

CC ID: 704775

Seq. Order:	120
Data Storage Type:	NUMERIC
Max Length:	5
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Maximum width in centimeters. Measurment is taken with calipers at the largest width of the carapace
Unit of Measure:	cm
Format Mask:	#.##

DEPTH_CM

CC ID: 704759

Seq. Order:	130
Data Storage Type:	NUMERIC
Max Length:	5
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Scale:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Maximum body depth taken with calipers and measured in centimeters.
Unit of Measure:	cm
Format Mask:	#.##

PIT_TAG_CODE_1

CC ID: 704766

Seq. Order:	140
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	15
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Passive Integrated Transponder Code of the first transponder.

PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1

CC ID: 704767

Seq. Order:	150
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	20
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	The location of the first PIT tag within the sea turtle

RELEASE_DATE

CC ID: 704770

Seq. Order:	210
Data Storage Type:	Date
Max Length:	10
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Date on which the sea turtle was released into the wild.
Format Mask:	MM/DD/YYYY

RELEASE_ LOCATION

CC ID: 704769

Seq. Order:	220
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	100
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Location where the sea turtle was released back into the wild.

Comments

CC ID: 704765

Seq. Order:	300
Data Storage Type:	CHARACTER
Max Length:	300
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Comments on release.

Data Steward

CC ID: 704778

Date Effective From:	1995
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Higgins, Benjamin
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address:	ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 704779

Date Effective From:	2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address:	ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL:	NCEI Contact Information

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 704780

Date Effective From:	1995
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Higgins, Benjamin
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address:	ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 704781

Date Effective From:	2015
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Baumer, Tim J
Address:	4700 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address:	tim.baumer@noaa.gov
Phone:	409-766-3784
Contact Instructions:	Contact by email preferred.

Security Class:	Unclassified
Security Handling Description:	None
Data Access Policy:	None
Data Access Procedure:	Download From provided url
Data Access Constraints:	None
Data Use Constraints:	Not for use in litigation. Please cite appropriately.
Metadata Access Constraints:	None
Metadata Use Constraints:	Please cite appropriately.

Distribution 1

CC ID: 704782

Start Date:	2017
End Date:	Present
Download URL:	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26875/CSV/2015/Renamed_Data_Sheet.csv
Distributor:	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2017 - Present)
File Name:	Renamed_Data_Sheet.csv
Description:	File for Captive Raised Loggerhead Turtles, Class of 2015
File Type (Deprecated):	csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format:	CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Compression:	Uncompressed
Review Status:	Not Chked

Catalog Item ID:	50802
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50802
Metadata Record Created By:	Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created:	2017-12-17 07:57+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2024-10-03 18:16+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2021-04-29
Owner Org:	SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2021-04-29
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2022-04-29

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Item Identification

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Temporal Keywords

Entity Information

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Attribute Summary

Attribute Details

SPECIES

YEARCLASS

MEASUREMENT_DATE

Nest

Raceway

Crate

ROW

Column

Position

FLIPPER_TAG_CODE_1

FLIPPER_TAG_LOCATION_1

WEIGHT_G

LENGTH_CM

WIDTH_CM

DEPTH_CM

PIT_TAG_CODE_1

PIT_TAG_LOCATION_1

RELEASE_DATE

RELEASE_ LOCATION

Comments

Support Roles

Data Steward

Distributor

Metadata Contact

Point of Contact

Access Information

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

Catalog Details