GIS_FWC_sea_turtle_stranding
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Title: GIS_FWC_sea_turtle_stranding
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Coordinated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), the Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN) is responsible for gathering standardized data on stranded marine turtles throughout the state. The Florida STSSN functions as a part of an eighteen state network led by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). In Florida, strandings are documented by FWRI staff biologists and by a network of permitted participants located around the state. Live strandings are rescued and transported to properly permitted rehabilitation facilities. Data from strandings are collected on a standardized reporting form and include date, species, location, carapace length and width, carcass condition, carcass disposition, and information on anomalies (e.g., entanglement, propeller damage, fibropapillomas). Additionally, certain carcasses are regularly collected by FWRI staff for gross or detailed necropsy. Each week, FWRI reports Florida strandings to NMFS as a part of a management plan that is intended to reduce the incidental take of turtles in the shrimp fishery. FWRI also generates monthly and yearly stranding summary reports to monitor mortality and to detect and describe any unusual stranding events. Stranding data collected through the Florida STSSN have been used extensively in the identification of mortality factors and in the development of recovery actions (e.g., Turtle Excluder Device (TED) requirements, gill net regulations).
- Purpose:
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The purpose is to monitor marine turtle mortality and identify mortality factors in Florida by documenting stranded marine turtles.
- Supplemental_Information:
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A stranding is any dead sea turtle that is found floating or washed ashore. Strandings also include live turtles that are found with life-threatening problems (e.g., sick, injured, or entangled). The location of the stranding when first reported is the point location that appears in this database and may or may not be the location at the time of death. The following are not included in this database: strandings of sea turtles that were not identified to species, strandings where a latitude and longitude could not be determined, and strandings of captive-reared turtles. Turtles that are known to be captured incidental to some activity (i.e., commercial fisheries, research projects, power plant operations, etc.) are not included in this database. Stranding data are often used to monitor mortality rates and may sometimes be used as an indicator of the relative distributions and abundances of different species and sizes of sea turtles. However, there are several considerations to keep in mind when using stranding data for these purposes. 1) Not all turtles that die are discovered, reported, and documented by the STSSN. A majority of dead turtles probably do not wash ashore. Of those that do wash ashore, many may become hidden in mangroves or other vegetation, and some that strand on open, sandy beaches may still go unreported. Therefore, sea turtle stranding data represent only a subset of all dead turtles. 2) Decreases or increases in stranding numbers may not be due to decreases or increases in mortality rates. For example, mortality rates may remain unchanged but decreases or increases in local turtle populations may result in changes in the number of strandings. 3) Carcasses and debilitated turtles may drift hundreds of kilometers before being documented as a stranding. Turtles may strand on beaches adjacent to well-used in-water habitats, but they may also strand along areas where they do not normally occur.
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- Beginning_Date: 19860101
- Ending_Date: 20141231
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.551900
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.975400
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.710800
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.000000
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FMRItheme
- Theme_Keyword: mortality
- Theme_Keyword: strandings
- Theme_Keyword: turtles
- Theme_Keyword: threatened and endangered (turtles, whales, manatees, sturgeon)
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FMRIplace
- Place_Keyword: Florida
- Stratum:
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- Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: FMRIstratum
- Stratum_Keyword: surface
- Access_Constraints:
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All data must be verified by Principle Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release
- Use_Constraints:
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All data must be credited to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Person: Allen M. Foley, Ph D.
- Contact_Position: Wildlife Biologist, FL STSSN coordinator
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (904)573-3930
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (904)573-4982
- Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1700 (ET), Monday - Friday
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute's Marine Turtle Program; Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network; National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Species Management.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 0
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Longitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: GIS_FWC_sea_turtle_stranding
- Entity_Type_Definition:
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This data provides information on sea turtle strandings in Florida.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: YEAR_
- Attribute_Definition: Year of the stranding event.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Notes the year that the stranding took place.
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- Attribute_Label: MONTH_
- Attribute_Definition: Month of the stranding event.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Notes the month in which the stranding took place.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: CONDITION
- Attribute_Definition: Condition of the stranded carcass upon discovery.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fresh dead
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Skeleton, bones only
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Moderately decomposed
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alive
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dried carcass
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Severely decomposed
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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The numerical designators serve to categorize whether the animal was living or deceased when encountered. If the animal was found to be deceased when discovered, the designators serve to categorize the state and extent of carcass decomposition.
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- Attribute_Label: DAY_
- Attribute_Definition: Day of the stranding event.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Notes the day on which the stranding took place.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STSSN_ID
- Attribute_Definition:
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Unique record identifier for each stranding event in the STSSN database.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Contains a unique alphanumeric identifier for each stranding event in the STSSN database.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: DDLONG
- Attribute_Definition: Longitude of the stranding event in decimal degrees (DD.dddd).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Notes the longitude of stranding event in decimal degrees (DD.dddd).
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
- Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: DDLAT
- Attribute_Definition: Latitude of the stranding event in decimal degrees (DD.dddd).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Notes the latitude of stranding event in decimal degrees (DD.dddd).
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: COUNTYNAME
- Attribute_Definition: Name of the county in which the stranding event occurred.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Notes the name of the county in which the stranding event occurred.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: CWSL
- Attribute_Definition: Carapace width, straight line (cm).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Measures the straight-line width of the carapace of the animal in cm.
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- Attribute_Label: SHAPE
- Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: CWOC
- Attribute_Definition: Carapace width, over curve (cm).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Measures the curved carapace width of the animal in cm.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: CLSL
- Attribute_Definition: Carapace length, straight line (cm).
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Measures the straight-line length of the carapace of the animal in cm.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: COMMONNAME
- Attribute_Definition: Common name of the stranded species.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Notes the common name of the stranded species.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: CLOC
- Attribute_Definition: Carapace length, over curve (cm)
- Attribute_Definition_Source: STSSN
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain: Measures the curved carapace length of the animal in cm.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20160205
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Marine Turtle Program
- Contact_Person: Robert Hardy
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical
- Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City: Saint Petersburg
- State_or_Province: Florida
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: Pinellas
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727)896-8626
- Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1700 (ET), Monday - Friday
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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