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    • Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration

    Metadata Updated: June 1, 2025

    This study involves analysis of skeletal growth marks in humerus bones of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) ranging from hatchling to adult stranded dead along either the US Atlantic coast (n = 313) or US Gulf of America coast (n = 123) and provides age and growth rate estimates.

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    Metadata Date April 22, 2025
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 1990 (creation), 2016 (revision), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date April 22, 2025
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 1990 (creation), 2016 (revision), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12558
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12558., Access Constraints: None
    Bbox East Long -70
    Bbox North Lat 42.4
    Bbox South Lat 25.1
    Bbox West Long -80.7
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 7c65ae02-bee8-44e0-aac6-8da1218de19a
    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.
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-80.7, 25.1], [-70.0, 25.1], [-70.0, 42.4], [-80.7, 42.4], [-80.7, 25.1]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1975
    Temporal Extent End 2011

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