Dataset title: Marine turtles captured during haphazard at-sea surveys in Shark Bay, Australia from February 2008 to December 2013 Dataset ID: LT_PP_Heithaus_004 Research type: Long-Term Dataset Creator Name: Dr Michael Heithaus Organization: Florida International University Address: 3000 NE 151 St North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-5234 Fax: 305-919-4030 Email: heithaus@fiu.edu URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~heithaus/ Name: Dr. Jordan Thomson Position: Post-doctoral Associate Organization: Florida Internatiional University Address: 3000 NE 151 St North Miami, FL 33181 USA Phone: 305-919-4263 Fax: 305-919-4030 Email: jathoms@fiu.edu Metadata Provider Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida International University University Park OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Abstract This dataset provides information on marine turtles captured during long-term, haphazard surveys of our study site in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Taxon found in the study area include Chelonia mydas, Caretta caretta and Eretmochelys imbricata. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description Shark Bay, Western Australia, from Jan 2008 to Dec 2013 Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Shark Bay, Western Australia West bounding coordinate: 113.021 East bounding coordinate: 114.193 North bounding coordinate: -24.886 South bounding coordinate: -26.663 FCE LTER Sites: Shark Bay Marine Park All Sites Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Geographic Description:Shallow seagrass banks and sandflats near Monkey Mia, Shark Bay Longitude:113.796 Latitude:-25.808 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2008-02-26 End Date: 2013-12-14 Data Table Entity Name: LT_PP_Heithaus_004.txt Entity Description: Marine turtles captured during haphazard at-sea surveys in Shark Bay, Australia from February 2008 to December 2013 Object Name: LT_PP_Heithaus_004.txt Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Time Attribute Label: Time Attribute Definition: Time of day sample collected Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: LatitudeDD Attribute Label: Latitude_DD Attribute Definition: Latitude Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Latitude Missing Value Code: -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: LongitudeDD Attribute Label: Longitude_DD Attribute Definition: Longitude Storage Type: coordinate Measurement Scale: Longitude Missing Value Code: -9999.000 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Recap Attribute Label: Recap Attribute Definition: Has the Turtle been captured and tagged previously Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Yes= captured previously, No Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected) Attribute Name: Species Attribute Label: Species Attribute Definition: Species (green, loggerhead, hawksbill) Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Species (green, loggerhead, hawksbill) Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected) Attribute Name: Length Attribute Label: Length Attribute Definition: Curved carapace length at midline Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Width Attribute Label: Width Attribute Definition: Curved carapace width at widest point Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: Tail Attribute Label: Tail Attribute Definition: Tail length (distance from posterior edge of carapace to tip of straightened tail) Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Data not collected or unreliable) Attribute Name: TailNotes Attribute Label: Tail Notes Attribute Definition: Notes on Tail Measurements Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Notes on Tail Measurements Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Mass Attribute Label: Mass Attribute Definition: Mass measured using hanging scale Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: kilogram Precision: 1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999 (Data not collected or unreliable) Attribute Name: MassNotes Attribute Label: Mass Notes Attribute Definition: Notes on Mass Measurements Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Notes on Mass Measurements Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: LeftTag Attribute Label: Left foreflipper tag Attribute Definition: Left foreflipper tag number Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Left foreflipper tag number Missing Value Code: NA (Tag not applied) Attribute Name: RightTag Attribute Label: Right foreflipper Tag Attribute Definition: Right foreflipper tag number Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Right foreflipper tag number Missing Value Code: NA (Tag not applied) Attribute Name: Notes Attribute Label: Notes Attribute Definition: Notes Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Notes Missing Value Code: NA (No notes taken) Attribute Name: Chel Attribute Label: Chelonibia barnacles Attribute Definition: Presence of large Chelonibia barnacles Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Yes= present, No Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Burr Attribute Label: Burrowing barnacles Attribute Definition: Presence of burrowing barnacles Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Yes= present, No Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Algae Attribute Label: Algae Attribute Definition: Presence and thickness of algae on carapace Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Presence and thickness of algae on carapace Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Mud Attribute Label: Mud Attribute Definition: Presence and thickness of mud on carapace Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Yes= present, No Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: SeaSquirts Attribute Label: SeaSquirts Attribute Definition: Presence of epiphytic sea squirts on carapace Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Yes= present, No Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Fibropapilloma Attribute Label: Fibropapilloma Attribute Definition: Presence of Fibropapillomas on body Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Yes= present, No Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Damage Attribute Label: Damage Attribute Definition: Damage to flippers (RFF, LFF, RHF, LHF), carapace (CAR), tail (Tail); Yes for other damage, described in DamageNotes Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Damage to flippers (RFF, LFF, RHF, LHF), carapace (CAR), tail (Tail); Yes for other damage, described in DamageNotes Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: DamageNotes Attribute Label: DamageNotes Attribute Definition: Description of damage Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Description of damage Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or no additional details recorded) Attribute Name: SharkDamage Attribute Label: SharkDamage Attribute Definition: Presence of evidence of shark-inflicted damage (bite marks, flipper amputations) Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: 1= shark-inflicted damage, 0 Missing Value Code: -9999 (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Substrate Attribute Label: Substrate Attribute Definition: Dominant substrate at site of capture (sand, seagrass, algae) Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Dominant substrate at site of capture (sand, seagrass, algae) Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Depth Attribute Label: Depth Attribute Definition: Depth at site of capture from depth sounder Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units foot Precision:0.10 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Condition Attribute Label: Condition Attribute Definition: Turtle body condition assessed visually (VeryConcave, Concave, SlightConcave, Flat, SlightConvex, Convex) Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Turtle body condition assessed visually (VeryConcave, Concave, SlightConcave, Flat, SlightConvex, Convex) Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Attribute Name: Activity Attribute Label: Activity Attribute Definition: Turtle activity at time of sighting (resting, swimming, breathing, feeding) Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Turtle activity at time of sighting (resting, swimming, breathing, feeding) Missing Value Code: NA (Data not collected or not reliable) Methods Sampling Description Curved carapace length measured using flexible measuring tape Method Step Description Length Instrumentation Flexible measuring tape Method Step Description Width Instrumentation Flexible measuring tape Method Step Description Tail Instrumentation Flexible measuring tape Method Step Description Mass Instrumentation Hanging scale Method Step Description Chel Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Burr Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Algae Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Mud Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Sea Squirt Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Fibropapilloma Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Damage Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description SharkDamage Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Substrate Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Depth Instrumentation Depth sounder Method Step Description Condition Instrumentation Visual inspection Method Step Description Activity Instrumentation Visual inspection Quality Control Data are checked against field notes and datasheets after entry. Data are visually inspected by graduate students and the PI to determine if any values are obviously in error. Distribution Online distribution: https://fce-lter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=LT_PP_Heithaus_004.txt Intellectual Rights This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. 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Dataset Contact Project permits Dept of Env. Conservation (W. Australia) #SF009140 and previous renewals Dataset Submission Date 2014-07-25