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Title: Monthly morphometric data on captive Kemps ridley sea turtles from 1998-2014 (NCEI Accession 0156880)
Abstract: This data contains monthly morphometric measurements on captive reared sea turtles at the Galveston, TX NOAA lab. Morphometric measurements are taken to track growth and health. The NOAA Galveston Laboratory is the only place in the world where sea turtles are raised in captivity specifically for fisheries research.
Date received: 20161018
Start date: 19980803
End date: 20140910
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Texas, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -94.819688
East boundary: -94.81456
North boundary: 29.278028
South boundary: 29.274811
Observation types: laboratory analyses
Instrument types: calipers, scale
Datatypes: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS, ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, REPTILES, shell parameters (length or weight)
Submitter: Huddleston, David
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Galveston, TX Laboratory
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Metadata version: 8
Keydate: 2016-11-02 16:40:04+00
Editdate: 2024-09-09 21:16:06+00