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Sea turtle population study in the coastal waters of North Carolina from 1988-06-07 to 2015-09-22 (NCEI Accession 0162846)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 13, 2025 | Last Modified: 2017-05-26T00:00:00.000+00:00
This data set contains sea turtle length and weight measurements, sex ratios, species composition, capture and release locations, tagging information, and information on biological samples collected for loggerhead, green, and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle populations in the coastal waters of North Carolina.

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0162846 ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MASS ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS biological data girth growth rate REPTILES SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE HISTORY SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX calipers scale trawl biological laboratory analyses NMFS/SEFSC - Beaufort Lab NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center North Atlantic Ocean Pamlico Sound oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES CCL-notch CCL-tip Caretta caretta Chelonia mydas Circumference Curved Carapace Length (CCL) Curved Carapace Width (CCW) Depth Mid Dermochelys coriacea Genetics Green sea turtle Kemps Ridley Leatherback Lepidochelys kempii Loggerhead SCL-notch SCL-tip Sea Turtles Sex Size Species Straight Carapace Length (SCL) Straight Carapace Width (SCW) Tagging Turtles Weight TRAWL Calipers Gill net Long haul seine Measuring tape Pound net OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Coastal Shores of North Carolina North Carolina RU2AF6

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0162846
issued 2017-05-26T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
references 
[
  "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26466"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -75.4717,33.49,-79.0755,38.41
temporal 1988-06-07T00:00:00+00:00/2015-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

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