gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26877 eng UTF8 dataset MS Excel Spreadsheet 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 Higgins, Benjamin 409-766-3670 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 ben.higgins@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) Summary of seawater chemistry taken from the beach pump intakes 2012 creation 2016 revision 2017 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 26877 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26877 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Galveston Laboratory 409.766.3500 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 United States https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/galveston-laboratory WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Hompage Galveston Lab Website listed for Galveston Laboratory information originator https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Landing Page 0157625 Higgins, Benjamin (2017). Galveston, Texas Head Start Captive Reared Sea Turtle Program Data, 1979-2016 (NCEI Accession 0157625). download tableDigital The NOAA Galveston Laboratory operates an offshore sewater line which extends into the Gulf of Mexico. The seawater intake lines are composed of perforated well screen material which is buried in the sandbars offshore. Natural seawater is drawn through the sandbars, then through the well screen material and deposited on land and held in large fiberglass reinforced plastic storage tanks until it is needed. The process of drawing the seawater through the sandbars results in varying quality of seawater depending on from which sediments the seawater is drawn through. Short [300-400'] shallow seawater lines tend to be located in active surf areas where the sand bars are dynamic, and result in good seawater from aerobic sediments. However, the longer [900'] deeper seawater intake lines are outside the surf zone and are drawing seawater through stagnant, oxygen depleted anoxic sediments. In order to develop methods for treating and eventually utilizing the seawater from the deeper longer lines, a long-term water quality monitoring program was initiated to compare the seawater in the short shallow seawater line and the deeper, longer, sea water lines." The database contains recorded parameters of seawater quality from samples taken in sea turtle rearing tanks and also a daily sample of the incoming seawater from the Gulf of Mexico. Monitor the incoming sea water quality which supplies the NOAA Wetlab Complex. NOAA Galveston Laboratory completed Baumer, Tim J 409-766-3784 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 tim.baumer@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact Higgins, Benjamin 409-766-3670 4700 Avenue U Galveston TX 77551 ben.higgins@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. custodian weekly EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 0157625 157625 theme NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER water chemistry theme NODC DATA TYPES Coastal Waters Of Texas Gulf of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES 2012 2013 2014 2015 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 Galveston Historical Turtle Projects project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Summary of seawater chemistry taken from the beach pump intakes [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26877. 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: Not for use in litigation unclassified None NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 26877 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/26877.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 Microsoft Excel -94.819688 -94.81456 29.274811 29.278028 Gulf Of Mexico | Currentness: Ground Condition 2013 false eng false Spreadsheet Data Table original_data.csv 2021-04-29 publication Renamed_Data_Table.csv 2021-04-29 publication Column Definitions 2021-04-29 publication Codes and Values Explained 2021-04-29 publication FILES (MIXED) Uncompressed 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 Contact by email preferred. distributor https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26877/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157625/2.2/data/0-data/Galveston_Turtle_Program/26877/ Parent Directory to download files for this dataset download dataset Bias None Samples were taken daily from the sea turtle rearing tanks Samples were taken daily from incoming seawater from the Gulf of Mexico. Measurements were from the samples and recorded None Higgins, Benjamin 409-766-3670 ben.higgins@noaa.gov processor otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: None