gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26473 eng UTF8 dataset 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 pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Leatherback sea turtle age and growth 2001 creation 2022 revision publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 26473 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26473 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2009/8/n008p165.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Avens, Larisa & Taylor, JC & Goshe, LR & Jones, TT & Hastings, M. (2009). Use of skeletochronological analysis to estimate the age of leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the western North Atlantic. Endangered Species Research. 8. 165-177. Journal article using this data. (doi: 10.3354/esr00202) download tableDigital This involves two studies. This first study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in scleral ossicle bones of 33 leatherback sea turtles stranded dead along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico US coasts (hatchling to adult) and 8 captive-reared juvenile leatherbacks and provides age estimates The second later study involves leatherback back-calculated age and growth in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the northern Pacific Ocean. For first study: To characterize size-at-age relationships and age at maturation for leatherback sea turtles in the western North Atlantic For The Second Study: To show back calculated age and growth of leatherback sea turtles in the western North Atlantic and the northern Pacific. completed Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 (252)728-8784 101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort NC larisa.avens@noaa.gov pointOfContact Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 (252)728-8784 101 Pivers Island Rd. Beaufort NC larisa.avens@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES > TURTLES > SEA TURTLES theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 Dermochelys coriacea theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 CAMERA > CAMERA instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 BIOLOGICAL DATA Reptiles theme NODC DATA TYPES ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE theme NODC Data TYPES north Atlantic ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES leatherback turtles skeletal growth marks theme 2001-2008 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 Funded Projects project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Leatherback sea turtle age and growth [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26473. 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 credit appropriately unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 26473 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/26473.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 -91 -69 25.9 42.8 | Currentness: Ground Condition 2001-05-01 2008-02-01 -97.1 -70.8 25.9 42.8 Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean | Currentness: Ground Condition 2005 2009 -97.1 -70.8 25.9 42.8 Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean | Currentness: Ground Condition 2005 2009 -97.1 -70.8 25.9 42.8 Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean | Currentness: Ground Condition 2005 2009 false eng false Data Table Spreadsheet Leatherback_sea_turtle_age_and_growth.csv 2021-04-29 publication Leatherback_back_calc_age_CCL_estimates.xlsx 2022-08-10 publication FILES (MIXED) Zip Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website About SEFSC information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST distributor 0.5 https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/26473.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 26473.zip zipped file containing all files for this data set download dataset Completeness Measure Readings were taken on all sampled turtles processing steps are shown in associated journal article Avens L, Taylor JC, Goshe LR, Jones TT, Hastings M (2009) Use of skeletochronological analysis to estimate the age of leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the western North Atlantic. Endang Species Res 8:165-177. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00202 As described in the following publication: Avens L, Taylor JC, Goshe LR, Jones TT, Hastings M (2009) Use of skeletochronological analysis to estimate the age of leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the western North Atlantic. Endangered Species Research 8:165-177 Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 larisa.avens@noaa.gov processor Use of skeletochronological analysis to estimate the age of leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the western North Atlantic 2009-07-13 publication Avens, Larisa http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2009/8/n008p165.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Avens, Larisa & Taylor, JC & Goshe, LR & Jones, TT & Hastings, M. (2009). Use of skeletochronological analysis to estimate the age of leatherback sea turtles Dermochelys coriacea in the western North Atlantic. Endangered Species Research. 8. 165-177. 10.3354/esr00202. information originator otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: Please credit appropriately