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CAP2019.csv

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53145  |  Updated: May 8, 2023  |  Published / External 
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Summary

Abstract

The NOAA Galveston Laboratory has been raising sea turtles in captivity from 1977 to 2019. During 2019 they had turtles from the class of 2018.

They started out the year with 119 turtles from the class of 2018. On May 29, 2019, one turtle was reported dead. On May 30, 2019, the remaining 2018 turtles were shipped to the NOAA Facility in Panama City, Florida in preparation for their release.

On June 17th, 2019 these 118 turtles were released in Fort Pierce Florida.

This marked the end of the Galveston Turtle Program.

Description

The database contains daily records of sea turtle inventories by species feeding rates type of food fed sick sea turtles sea turtles that have died log of tanks cleaned and any comments on sea turtles being watched for feeding abnormalities, bloating, or other behavioral issues.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Spreadsheet

Data Attribute / Type Description
Date
Date 		Date of recorded measurement.
SCHOOLS
NUMERIC 		Number of tour participants from schools
PUBLIC
NUMERIC 		Number of tour participants from general public
VIP
NUMERIC 		Number of tour participants classified as very important people, i.e. visiting researchers, dignitaries, other NOAA employees
TEXAS_AM
NUMERIC 		Number of tour participants brought to the facility by Texas A&M University programs
Other
NUMERIC 		Number of visitors from other locations
DRAIN_TURTLE_BARN
CHARACTER 		Cleaning schedule for the Turtle Barn building
Cc2018
NUMERIC 		Number of 2018 year class captive loggerhead sea turtles in the facility
Cc2018_FEED_AM_Large
CHARACTER 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the large 2018 year class feeding in the morning.
Cc2018_FEED_11AM_Large
CHARACTER 		Amoun of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class ridleys in the afternoon
Cc2018_FEED_PM_Large
CHARACTER 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the morning
Cc2018_FEED_AM _Medium
CHARACTER 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
Cc2018_FEED_11AM _Medium
Character 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
Cc2018_FEED_PM_Medium
Character 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
Cc2018_FEED_ AM_ Small
Character 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
Cc2018_FEED_11AM_Small
Character 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads during the small food feeding at 11:00 AM
Cc2018_FEED_PM_ Small
Character 		Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
COMMENTS
CHARACTER 		Notes on anything out of the ordinary

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Item Identification

Title: CAP2019.csv
Status: Completed
Creation Date: 2019
Publication Date: 2023
Abstract:

The NOAA Galveston Laboratory has been raising sea turtles in captivity from 1977 to 2019. During 2019 they had turtles from the class of 2018.

They started out the year with 119 turtles from the class of 2018. On May 29, 2019, one turtle was reported dead. On May 30, 2019, the remaining 2018 turtles were shipped to the NOAA Facility in Panama City, Florida in preparation for their release.

On June 17th, 2019 these 118 turtles were released in Fort Pierce Florida.

This marked the end of the Galveston Turtle Program.
Purpose:

Monitor growth of captive sea turtles
Supplemental Information:

Bloated-Designation for a turtle that is experiencing unusually high bouyancy

Cage-Refers to a type of rearing container used for rearing sea turtles from year one through year 2

CC-Abbreviation for Caretta caretta the scientific name for loggerhead sea turtle

Cc2005-68-This is form of identification of the 68th turtle from the 2005 yearclass loggerheads to have experienced some form of health problem requiring individual treatment

Crate-Refers to a type of rearing container used for rearing sea turtles from hatchlings to year one

FCA-First Care Area. This is a semi-quarantine area within the Turtle Barn where turtles receive treatment for various ailments

Feeder-Is a calibrated measuring device that is used to distribute pellet food to sea turtles.

g-Abbreviation for grams, a metric unit of measurement

Juno-Abbreviation for turtles that were collected as hatchlings at Juno Beach, Florida

N/A- Not applicable

PeeWee- Nickname given to an undersized turtle

Pellet-A pellet is one type of turtle food, normally referring to a 3/16" diameter floating extruded diet manufactured by Purina

pH-Is a measurement of the power of the hydrogen ion and refers to the level of acidity or alkalinity of seawater

Pompano Dry-Abbreviation for turtles that came from Pompano Beach, Florida and which were excavated from sand as hatchlings

Pompano Wet-Abbreviation for turtles that came from Pompano Beach, Florida and which were collected and allowed to swim in seawater before NOAA took possession

pos-Abbreviation for position. The turtles are arranged in containers within tanks and raceways and each container represents a position which allows us to identify individual turtles

Redwood-Refers to the main seawater storage tanks from which other seawater storage tanks are filled by gravity

RW-Abbreviation for Raceway. A raceway is a rectangular holding tank 20' long by 6' wide by 2' or 3' deep

Sh-Abbreviation for Show Tank. This is a 6 foot diameter, 3' deep fiberglass holding tank

Show-Abbreviation for Show Tank. This is a 6 foot diameter, 3' deep fiberglass holding tank

Showtank-Abbreviation for Show Tank. This is a 6 foot diameter, 3' deep fiberglass holding tank

Shw-Abbreviation for Show Tank. This is a 6 foot diameter, 3' deep fiberglass holding tank

Sickbay-Quarantine building for sick sea turtles, also known as the sea turtle hospital

Sock-This is a felt filter sock used for filtering incoming seawater and/or used in a cannister type filter to filter materials in a recirculating seawater system

SSS836-SSS is a series of metal flipper tag codes. The numerical portion of the code is the individual turtles' identification number within the SSS series

T17-The T is an abbreviation for tank in the Wetlab Building recirculating seawater system. The number refers to the individual tank in the system from 1 to 19

TEXASAM-Texas A&M University at Galveston

VIP-Refers to a person or persons who came through on a sea turtle tour that were part of a special group designated by the laboratory director, visiting researchers, officals, and dignataries

W&M-Abbreviation for weigh and measure which refers to the process of weighing and measuring the turtles

WL-Abbreviation for Wetlab buidling

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Entity Information

Entity Type: Spreadsheet
Description:

The database contains daily records of sea turtle inventories by species feeding rates type of food fed sick sea turtles sea turtles that have died log of tanks cleaned and any comments on sea turtles being watched for feeding abnormalities, bloating, or other behavioral issues.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 Date Date Date of recorded measurement.
100
 SCHOOLS NUMERIC Number of tour participants from schools
100
 PUBLIC NUMERIC Number of tour participants from general public
100
 VIP NUMERIC Number of tour participants classified as very important people, i.e. visiting researchers, dignitaries, other NOAA employees
100
 TEXAS_AM NUMERIC Number of tour participants brought to the facility by Texas A&M University programs
100
 Other NUMERIC Number of visitors from other locations
100
 DRAIN_TURTLE_BARN CHARACTER Cleaning schedule for the Turtle Barn building
100
 Cc2018 NUMERIC Number of 2018 year class captive loggerhead sea turtles in the facility
100
 Cc2018_FEED_AM_Large CHARACTER Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the large 2018 year class feeding in the morning.
100
 Cc2018_FEED_11AM_Large CHARACTER Amoun of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class ridleys in the afternoon
100
 Cc2018_FEED_PM_Large CHARACTER Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the morning
100
 Cc2018_FEED_AM _Medium CHARACTER Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
100
 Cc2018_FEED_11AM _Medium Character Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
100
 Cc2018_FEED_PM_Medium Character Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
100
 Cc2018_FEED_ AM_ Small Character Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
100
 Cc2018_FEED_11AM_Small Character Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads during the small food feeding at 11:00 AM
100
 Cc2018_FEED_PM_ Small Character Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon
100
 COMMENTS CHARACTER Notes on anything out of the ordinary

Attribute Details

Date

CC ID: 1231893
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: Date
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Date of recorded measurement.

Format Mask: MM/DD?YYYY

SCHOOLS

CC ID: 764308
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of tour participants from schools
Unit of Measure: Number Of Visitors

PUBLIC

CC ID: 764307
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of tour participants from general public

VIP

CC ID: 764310
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of tour participants classified as very important people, i.e. visiting researchers, dignitaries, other NOAA employees

TEXAS_AM

CC ID: 764309
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of tour participants brought to the facility by Texas A&M University programs

Other

CC ID: 764306
Seq. Order: 60
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of visitors from other locations

DRAIN_TURTLE_BARN

CC ID: 764301
Seq. Order: 70
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Cleaning schedule for the Turtle Barn building

Cc2018

CC ID: 764279
Seq. Order: 80
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number of 2018 year class captive loggerhead sea turtles in the facility

Cc2018_FEED_AM_Large

CC ID: 764305
Seq. Order: 90
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 15
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the large 2018 year class feeding in the morning.

Cc2018_FEED_11AM_Large

CC ID: 764304
Seq. Order: 100
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 15
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amoun of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class ridleys in the afternoon

Cc2018_FEED_PM_Large

CC ID: 764292
Seq. Order: 110
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 15
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the morning

Cc2018_FEED_AM _Medium

CC ID: 764293
Seq. Order: 120
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 15
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon

Cc2018_FEED_11AM _Medium

CC ID: 1231766
Seq. Order: 140
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 500
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon

Cc2018_FEED_PM_Medium

CC ID: 1231767
Seq. Order: 160
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon

Cc2018_FEED_ AM_ Small

CC ID: 1231768
Seq. Order: 170
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon

Cc2018_FEED_11AM_Small

CC ID: 1231769
Seq. Order: 200
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads during the small food feeding at 11:00 AM

Cc2018_FEED_PM_ Small

CC ID: 1231770
Seq. Order: 210
Data Storage Type: Character
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Amount of food fed and type of food fed to the 2018 year class loggerheads in the afternoon

COMMENTS

CC ID: 764268
Seq. Order: 220
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 300
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Notes on anything out of the ordinary

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 53145
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53145
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2018-07-26 16:45+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-08 22:36+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