gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22439 eng UTF8 dataset Mixed 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 Sasso, Chris 305-361-4279 305-361-4478 75 Va Beach DR Miami FL 33149 chris.sasso@noaa.gov pointOfContact Belskis, Lisa 305-361-4212 305-361-4478 75 virginia beach deive Miami FL lisa.belskis@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Investigation of Immature Sea Turtles in the Coastal Waters of West Florida (NCEI Accession 0156706) Investigation of Immature Sea Turtles in the Coastal Waters of West Florida 1997 creation 2012 revision 2016 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 22439 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22439 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/0156706 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Home Page for Accession 0156706 Diet and investigation of immature sea turtles in the coastal waters of West Florida 1997-2003 (NCEI Accession 0156706) download tableDigital Cite as: Witzell, Wayne N; Schmid, Jeffrey R (2016). Diet and investigation of immature sea turtles in the coastal waters of West Florida 1997-2003 (NCEI Accession 0156706). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0156706 . Accessed [date]. To survey immature sea turtles that inhabit the Ten Thousand Islands. Program funding came from South Florida Ecosystem Restoration. This project provided base-line data on the distribution and abundance of threatened and endangered sea turtles prior to the proposed redirection of Everglades fresh water flow. Tagging data are located on hard copy and electronic versions on CD. They are not posted on the host server. A condensed version of these data was also submitted to the Cooperative Marine Turtle Tagging Data Base (CMTTP) administered by the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. To determine relative abundance, temporal and spatial distributions, movements, habitat requirements, feeding habits, and sex ratios of immature sea turtles in the nearshore waters of West Florida. Research efforts focus on the highly endangered Kemps ridley turtle, but other turtle species are opportunistically collected during routine sampling operations. Wayne Witzell, Jeffrey R. Schmid completed Sasso, Chris 305-361-4279 305-361-4478 75 Va Beach DR Miami FL 33149 chris.sasso@noaa.gov pointOfContact Sasso, Chris 305-361-4279 305-361-4478 75 Va Beach DR Miami FL 33149 chris.sasso@noaa.gov Phone or emal custodian notPlanned https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0156706/1.1/about/0156706_map.jpg Diet and investigation of immature sea turtles in the coastal waters of West Florida 1997-2003 (NCEI Accession 0156706) 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 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES > TURTLES theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 0156706 156706 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER BIOLOGICAL DATA REPTILES theme NODC DATA TYPES laboratory analyses theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode Coastal Waters Of Florida Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf Of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES scale instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES abundance feeding habits habitat requirements movements sex spatial distributions temporal distributions theme 1999-2000 2002 temporal Gullivan Bay place 6-m commerical boat platform 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 Investigation of Immature Sea Turtles in the Coastal Waters of West Florida project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Investigation of Immature Sea Turtles in the Coastal Waters of West Florida (NCEI Accession 0156706) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22439. 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. license These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). SPDX License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Not for use in litigation. Please credit data set. unclassified Publc Data None NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 22439 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/22439.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 data originally existed as excel spreadsheets Gullivan Bay, Gullivan Key | Currentness: Ground Condition 2000-06-01 2000-10-01 | Currentness: Ground Condition 2002-05-01 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1999-04-01 1999-09-01 | Currentness: Ground Condition 2002-11-01 -83 -82 25 27 Gulf Of Mexico | Currentness: Ground Condition 1997 2003 -83 -82 25 27 Gulf Of Mexico | Currentness: Ground Condition 1997 2003 -83 -82 25 27 Gulf Of Mexico | Currentness: Ground Condition 1997 2003 In-water sampling was concentrated in the eastern portion of the bay, primarily at Gullivan Key. A 20.5 cm stretched mesh nylon strike net was fished from a 6-m commercial boat to capture turtles that surfaced near the vessel. Each capture location was recorded using a handheld global positioning system (GPS). Weather, tide, sea surface temperatures were recorded at each capture. The following morphometric measurements were recorded for each turtle: Total straight-line carapace length (TSCL; anterior most edge of carapace to posterior margin of supracaudal scutes); Standard straight-line carapace length (SSCL, midline of nuchal scute to posterior margin of supracaudals); Minimum straight-line carapace length (MSCL, midline of nuchal scute to the posterior notch of supracaudals); Minimum curved carapace length (midline of nuchal scute to the posterior notch of supracaudals); and Straight-line carapace width at the widest point. Straight-line lengths and width were measured to the nearest 0.1 cm with Vernier calipers. Curved carapace length was measured to the nearest 0.1 cm with flexible fiberglass tape. Weight was measured to the nearest 0.25 lb with a spring scale and converted to kilograms. Turtles were flipper tagged on the trailing edge of the front flippers with no. 681 Inconel cattle ear tags. Additionally, Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags were placed in the left front flipper of Kemp's ridley turtles. false eng false Data Table Table: GULLIVAN_FECAL 2021-04-29 publication Table: GULLIVAN_FIELD_WORKERS 2021-04-29 publication Table: GULLIVAN_HEADER 2021-04-29 publication gullivan_header_structure.csv 2022-02-06 publication gullivan_fecal_structure.csv 2022-02-06 publication .gz TAR 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 distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/156706 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 156706.1.1.tar.gz tar file containing allfiles in the NCEI archive for this data set download dataset Representativeness Data Represents all turtles were tagged and recaptured. Accuracy There were no reported issue . Bias No known bias Completeness Report Data is complete Data were manually entered by Wayne Witzell otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: Not for use in litigation.