gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12558 eng UTF8 dataset Files (Word, Excel, PDF, etc.) 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) Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration 1990 creation 2016 revision publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 12558 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12558 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital 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. To characterize age and size at maturation and adult stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic 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 Caretta caretta gigas theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 reptiles theme NODC DATA TYPES biological in situ theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES north atlantic ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES loggerhead maturation turtle theme 1975-2011 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]: Adult loggerhead turtle size, age, stage duration [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12558. 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 unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 12558 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/12558.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 -80.7 -70 25.1 42.4 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1975 2011 false eng false Data Table USAtlantic_adult_loggerhead_turtle_size_age_stage_duration.csv 2021-04-29 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 Contact by email preferred. distributor https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/12558.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 12558.zip ONLINE RESOURCE Child files of this data set are found in one .zip file download dataset Analytical Accuracy Ages at maturation estimated from (1) the rapprochement skeletal growth mark; (2) back-calculated SCL-at-age data; and (3) bootstrapping and fitting Fabens modified von Bertalanffy growth curve to back-calculated growth data were very similar between approaches, but demonstrated a wide possible range. See publication: Avens L, Goshe LR, Coggins L, Snover ML, Pajuelo M, Bjorndal KA, Bolten AB (2015) Age and size at maturation and adult-stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic. Marine Biology 162:1749-1767DOI 10.1007/s00227-015-2705-x Avens, Larisa (252)728-8747 larisa.avens@noaa.gov processor Age and size at maturation- and adult-stage duration for loggerhead sea turtles in the western North Atlantic 2015-08-05 publication Avens, Larisa http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00227-015-2705-x WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Avens, L., Goshe, L.R., Coggins, L. et al. Mar Biol (2015) 162: 1749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2705-x information originator