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    • Summary of satellite tagged sea turtles at NOAA Galveston 2002-2016

    Metadata Updated: April 1, 2024

    A masters level student at Texas A&M University at Galveston [TAMUG] worked for the Galveston Lab and applied satellite tags to nesting turtles. When the student finished their work and moved on, TAMUG took over the satellite nestiing project, but as a condition of the USFWS permit was TAMUG had to bring the turtle back to the NOAA Galveston Laboratory for satellite tagging so the Galveston Lab continued to document information even though they were not the ones physically collecting that information.

    Later turtles were documented that were moved off the beach for satellite tagging, even if they didn't receive a satellite tag. In addition the Galveston Lab continued to document each time a satellite turtle was seen, even if it was not satellite tagged.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2002 (creation), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2002 (creation), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26902
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Summary of satellite tagged sea turtles at NOAA Galveston 2002-2016 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26902., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: Please cite appropriately
    Bbox East Long -94.81456
    Bbox North Lat 29.278028
    Bbox South Lat 29.274811
    Bbox West Long -94.819688
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id d16da3a6-255e-49cb-a854-27fcffdd86f2
    Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
    Licence 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.
    Lineage Turtle is recovered Data is collected on the trutle
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-94.819688, 29.274811], [-94.81456, 29.274811], [-94.81456, 29.278028], [-94.819688, 29.278028], [-94.819688, 29.274811]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2002
    Temporal Extent End 2016

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