TITLE: SELECTED SEA TURTLE NESTS, 1998 - 1999

Geodataset Name:       NESTS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT

This shapefile is a series of points denoting the locations
of sea turtle nests laid on Northwest Florida's beaches
between 1998 and 1999 and were set up with data loggers by
which the temperature of the nests was recorded. Control
sites for data loggers where there are no nests are 
included in a separate shapefile.

DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      1999
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: NESTS.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
FID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
SN_UNIQUE	Unique site number for each nest
YEAR	Year of event
LAT_DMS	Degrees, minutes, second format
LON_DMS	Degrees, minutes, second format
LAT_DD	Decimal degrees
LON_DD	Longitude
TYPE	Type of site: nest or temperature probe
Descript	FGDL added field based on SN_UNIQUE

USER NOTES:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

The purpose of this shapefile is to give a visual representation of locations of where temperature information was taken during sea turtle nesting seasons 1998 through 2002. Nest information was only recorded in This shapefile was created in part for and with information collected by a team headed by Martha Maglothin as part of Graduate Research Project "Incubation Temperatures and Sex Ratios of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) Hatched on Northwest Florida Beaches" for the University of Florida. 1998 and 1999.

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REFERENCES:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services: http://www.fws.gov/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

1. Brought table of individual site latitude and longitude into ArcView from Excel as a dbf file 2. Made into shapefile with Add Event Theme 3. Repeated for each year for each of 10 sites 4. Merged all shapefiles for all years and sites into one shapefile 5. Projected from decimal degrees to custom FL Albers projection Process Date: Unknown

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

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):

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Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
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Contact Person:
         Phone:
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS
1601 Balboa Ave
Panama City, FL
32405
850-769-0552


http://www.fws.gov/

Laura Kovatch

Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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