FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION TITLE: SEA TURTLE STRANDINGS IN FLORIDA 1986 - 2017 Geodataset Name: SEA_TURTLE_STRND_MAY17 Geodataset Type: SHAPEFILE Geodataset Feature: Point Feature Count: 38424 |
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
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DATA SOURCE(S): Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: Varies GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida |
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: SEA_TURTLE_STRND_MAY17.DBF
ITEM NAME | WIDTH | TYPE |
OBJECTID
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4 | OID |
Shape
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4 | Geometry |
STSSN_ID
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80 | String |
YEAR_
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8 | Double |
MONTH_
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8 | Double |
DAY_
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8 | Double |
COMMONNAME
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80 | String |
COUNTYNAME
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80 | String |
CONDITION
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80 | String |
CLSL
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8 | Double |
CWSL
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8 | Double |
CLOC
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8 | Double |
CWOC
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8 | Double |
DDLAT
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8 | Double |
DDLONG
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8 | Double |
MGRS
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15 | String |
GOOGLEMAP
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100 | String |
DESCRIPT
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50 | String |
FGDLAQDATE
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36 | Date |
AUTOID
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4 | Integer |
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
Item | Item Description | |
OBJECTID |
Internal feature number. |
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Shape |
Feature geometry. |
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STSSN_ID |
Unique record identifier for each stranding event in the STSSN database. |
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YEAR_ |
Year of the stranding event. |
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MONTH_ |
Month of the stranding event |
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DAY_ |
Day of the stranding event. |
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COMMONNAME |
Common name of the stranded species. |
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COUNTYNAME |
Name of the county in which the stranding event occurred. |
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CONDITION |
Condition of the stranded carcass upon discovery. |
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CLSL |
Carapace length, straight line (cm). |
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CWSL |
Carapace width, straight line (cm). |
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CLOC |
Carapace length, over curve (cm) |
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CWOC |
Carapace width, over curve (cm). |
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DDLAT |
Latitude of the stranding event in decimal degrees (DD.dddd). |
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DDLONG |
Longitude of the stranding event in decimal degrees (DD.dddd). |
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MGRS |
Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinate of the Facility. The MGRS is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the earth. The MGRS provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. Hierarchical references are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. The MGRS is used for the entire earth. http://mgrs-data.org |
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GOOGLEMAP |
Webpage hyperlink to location in Google Maps. |
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DESCRIPT |
Field added by FGDL based on COMMONNAME and STSSN_ID. |
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FGDLAQDATE |
The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source. |
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AUTOID |
Unique ID added by GeoPlan |
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology |
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge. |
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. |
All sea turtles that occur in U.S. waters are listed as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. To advance the conservation and recovery of listed sea turtles, each sea turtle recovery plan developed jointly by NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identifies and highlights the need to maintain an active stranding network. As a result, the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network was formally established by NOAA Fisheries in 1980 to document strandings of sea turtles along the coastal areas from Maine to Texas and in portions of the U.S. Caribbean. Source: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/sea-turtle-stranding-and-salvage-network 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. Source: FWC |
The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes. |
This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan |
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan |
Access_Constraints: All data must be verified by Principle Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release Use_Constraints: All data must be credited to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. |
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FWC GIS & Mapping Data Downloads http://geodata.myfwc.com/ Sea Turtle Strandings Florida http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/sea-turtle-strandings-florida NOAA - Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/sea-turtle-stranding-and-salvage-network NOAA - State Coordinators for the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/state-coordinators-sea-turtle-stranding-and-salvage-network NOAA - Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Reports https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/stssnrep/ Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (FLSTSSN) https://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/sea-turtles/mortality/stranding-salvage-network/ |
Dataset created by STSSN 1986-2014 Point and Vector Object Count: 34076 Process Date: 20170214 |
Projection ALBERS Datum HPGN Units METERS Spheroid GRS1980 1st Standard Parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd Standard Parallel 31 30 0.000 Central Meridian -84 00 0.000 Latitude of Projection's Origin 24 0 0.000 False Easting (meters) 400000.00000 False Northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):
Name: Abbr. Name: Address: Phone: Web site: E-mail: Contact Person: Phone: E-mail: |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Marine Turtle Program FFWCC-FWRI 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 (727)896-8626 |
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