gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18757 eng UTF8 dataset Files (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.) Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 (252)728-8784 101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort NC larisa.avens@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:19 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth NCEI Accession 0160329 GoM Kemps Ridley Age and Growth 2017 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 18757 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18757 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160329 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Landing Page NCEI Accession 0160329 Online Resource download tableDigital Cite as: Avens, Larisa (2017). Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth from 1988 to 2010 (NCEI Accession 0160329). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0160329. Accessed [date] This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of 333 Kemps ridley sea turtles stranded dead along the Gulf of Mexico US coast (hatchling to adult) and provides age, growth rate, and stage duration estimates To characterize size-at-age relationships, growth patterns, age and size at maturation, and adult stage duration for Kemps ridley sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico completed Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 (252)728-8784 101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort NC larisa.avens@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 (252)728-8784 101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort NC larisa.avens@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. custodian notPlanned DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, 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 dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 Lepidochelys kempii theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 0160329 160329 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE BIOLOGICAL DATA growth rates theme NODC DATA TYPES Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Mississippi Coastal Waters of Texas Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS visual observation instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES Lepidochelys kempii Sea Turtle skeletochronology theme 1988-2010 temporal DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Characterization of size-at-age and somatic growth patterns for Kemps ridleys in the Gulf of Mexico using skeletochronology project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Gulf of Mexico Kemps ridley sea turtle age and growth NCEI Accession 0160329 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18757. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: please cite appropriately unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 18757 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/18757.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans -97.5 -81 25.5 30.6 Gulf Of Mexico | Currentness: Ground Condition 1998 2011 false eng false Data Table GOM_Kemps_ridley_size_at_age.csv 2021-04-29 publication GOM_Kemps_ridley_growth_at_age.csv 2021-04-29 publication NCEI Archived Data Accession GTAR NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information NCEI Archive distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/160329 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 160329.1.1.tar.gz Download Page For Archived Data download dataset Comparability Validated back-calculation of somatic growth rates from skeletal growth marks yielded means and ranges that encompassed those of previous loggerhead growth studies in this geographic area. Humerus bones collected from stranded sea turtles and processed and analyzed to yield age and growth Humerus bones collected from stranded sea turtles and processed and analyzed to yield age and growth data for Kemps ridley sea turtles as described in the following publications for loggerhead sea turtles:Avens L, Goshe LR, Pajuelo M, Bjorndal KA, MacDonald BD, Lemons G, Bolten AB, Seminoff JA (2013) Complementary skeletochronology and stable isotope analyses offer new insight into juvenile loggerhead sea turtle oceanic stage duration and growth dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 491:235-251Avens L, Goshe LR, Coggins L, Snover ML, Pajuelo M, Bjorndal KA, Bolten AB (2015) Age and size at maturation and adult stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic. Marin Biology 162:1749-1767 Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 larisa.avens@noaa.gov processor Avens L, Goshe LR, Pajuelo M, Bjorndal KA and others (2013) Complementary skeletochronology and stable isotope analyses offer new insight into juvenile loggerhead sea turtle oceanic stage duration and growth dynamics. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 491:235 2013-10-02 publication Larissa Avens https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v491/p235-251 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Journal Article url information originator otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: Please cite appropriately