Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      gov.noaa.nodc.ncddc.SeaTurtlePredictedNestHabitat
  Language: 
      eng; USA
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
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      Organisation name: 
          NOAA/NODC/National Coastal Data Development Center
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          Metadata Specialist
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        Contact: 
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                  1021 Balch Blvd
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                  Stennis Space Center
              Administrative area: 
                  Mississippi
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                  39529
              Country: 
                  United States
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                  NCDDCmetadata@noaa.gov
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              M-F 0830 to 1630
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        Role code: 
          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 
      2014-04-03
  Metadata standard name: 
      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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  Spatial representation info: 
    Vector spatial representation: 
      Geometric objects: 
        Geometric objects: 
          Geometric object type: 
            Geometric object type code: 
              curve
          Geometric object count: 
              11881
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  Spatial representation info: 
    Grid spatial representation: 
      Number of dimensions: 
          2
      Axis Dimension Properties: 
        Dimension: 
          Dimension name: 
            Dimension name type code: 
              column
          Dimension size: 
            unknown
          Resolution: 
uom: decimalDegrees              8.98315284119522E-9
      Axis Dimension Properties: 
        Dimension: 
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          Dimension size: 
            unknown
          Resolution: 
uom: decimalDegrees              8.98315284119522E-9
      Cell geometry: 
        Cell geometry code: 
      Transformation parameter availability: 
          false
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  Reference system info: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/2504d000-8345-11e1-b0c4-0800200c9a66 title: World Geodetic System 1984
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  Identification info: 
    Data identification: 
      Citation: 
        Citation: 
          Title: 
              Predicted Global Sea Turtle Nesting Habitats GIS
          Date: 
            Date: 
              Date: 
                  2012-09
              Date type: 
                Date type code: 
                  publication
          Cited responsible party: 
            Responsible party: 
              Organisation name: 
                  David A. Pike
              Role: 
                Role code: 
                  originator
          Presentation form: 
            Presentation form code: 
              mapDigital
          Other citation details: 
              Pike, D. A. (2013), Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting. Global Ecology and 
              Biogeography, 22: 555–566. doi: 10.1111/geb.12025
              (A pdf copy of this paper is included in the zipped file of the downloaded shapefiles)
      Abstract: 
          Maxent software (v3.3.3k) for habitat species modeling was used to predict the potential nesting distribution 
          of sea turtles. Climate data were used to develop nine independent predictor variables that are biologically 
          meaningful to successful sea turtle reproduction: mean diurnal range in temperature, isothermality (the mean 
          diurnal temperature range/the annual temperature range), maximum temperature of the warmest month, annual 
          range in temperature, precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation), precipitation of the wettest 
          quarter, precipitation of the driest quarter, precipitation of the warmest quarter, and precipitation of the 
          coldest quarter. The Maxent model used these climate variables along with existing observed georeferenced 
          nesting beach locations from the SWOT and WIDECAST databases and randomly selected background points from 
          globally distributed coastlines. Species-specific GIS maps were generated that show the likelihood of 
          nesting occurring within each grid cell, scaled from 0 (no nesting) to 1.0 (a very high probability of 
          nesting) with values near 0.5 representing the typical probability of nesting at locations where the species 
          is known to occur.
      Purpose: 
          To further understand whether climate limits current sea turtle nesting distributions and shapes the 
          ecological niche of the terrestrial life-history stage of these wide-ranging marine vertebrates.
      Credit: 
          David A. Pike
      Status: 
        Progress code: 
          completed
      Point of contact: 
        Responsible party: 
          Individual name: 
              David A. Pike
          Contact info: 
            Contact: 
              Phone: 
                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                      none
              Address: 
                Address: 
                  Delivery point: 
                      School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University
                  City: 
                      Townsville
                  Administrative area: 
                      Queensland
                  Postal code: 
                      4811
                  Country: 
                      Australia
                  Electronic mail address: 
                      david.pike22@gmail.com
          Role: 
            Role code: 
              pointOfContact
      Resource maintenance: 
        Maintenance information: 
          Maintenance and update frequency: 
            Maintenance frequency code: 
              notPlanned
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              Caretta caretta
          Keyword: 
              Chelonia mydas
          Keyword: 
              Dermochelys coriacea
          Keyword: 
              Eretmochelys imbricata
          Keyword: 
              Lepidochelys kempii
          Keyword: 
              Lepidochelys olivacea
          Keyword: 
              Natator depressa
          Keyword: 
              Loggerhead Turtle
          Keyword: 
              Green Turtle
          Keyword: 
              Leatherback Turtle
          Keyword: 
              Hawksbill Turtle
          Keyword: 
              Kemps Ridley Turtle
          Keyword: 
              Olive Ridley Turtle
          Keyword: 
              Flatback Turtle
          Keyword: 
              Sea turtle
          Keyword: 
              Climate
          Keyword: 
              Ecological niche modeling
          Keyword: 
              Nesting habitat
          Type: 
            Keyword type code: 
              theme
          Thesaurus name: 
            Citation: 
              Title: 
                  None
              Date: 
                unknown
      Descriptive keywords: 
        Keywords: 
          Keyword: 
              Gulf of Mexico
          Keyword: 
              Global
          Keyword: 
              Caribbean
          Keyword: 
              Indopacific
          Keyword: 
              Mediterranean
          Type: 
            Keyword type code: 
              place
          Thesaurus name: 
            Citation: 
              Title: 
                  None
              Date: 
                unknown
      Resource constraints: 
        Legal constraints: 
          Access constraints: 
            Restriction code: 
              otherRestrictions
          Use constraints: 
            Restriction code: 
              otherRestrictions
          Other constraints: 
              Access Constraints: Users must agree to OBIS-SEAMAP Terms of Use and SWOT Terms of Use. See 
              http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot Use Constraints: Users must agree to OBIS-SEAMAP Terms of Use and SWOT 
              Terms of Use. See http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot Distribution Liability: See access and use constraints 
              information.
      Aggregation Info: 
        AggregateInformation: 
          Aggregate Data Set Name: 
            Citation: 
              Title: 
                  State of the Worlds' Seaturtles (SWOT) database
              Date: 
                Date: 
                  Date: 
                    unknown
                  Date type: 
                    Date type code: 
                      publication
              Cited responsible party: 
                Responsible party: 
                  Organisation name: 
                      State of the Worlds' Seaturtles (SWOT)Team
                  Role: 
                    Role code: 
                      originator
              Presentation form: 
                Presentation form code: 
                  mapDigital
              Other citation details: 
                  The SWOT database is hosted by the Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial Ecological Analysis 
                  of Megavertebrate Populations (OBIS-SEAMAP), a spatially referenced online database, aggregating 
                  marine mammal, seabird and sea turtle observation data from across the globe.
          Association Type: 
            Association type code: 
              crossReference
      Spatial representation type: 
        Spatial representation type code: 
          vector
      Language: 
          eng; USA
      Extent: 
        Extent: 
          Geographic element: 
            Geographic bounding box: 
              West bound longitude: 
                  -97.937496
              East bound longitude: 
                  152.979184
              South bound latitude: 
                  -29.979165
              North bound latitude: 
                  43.437505
          Temporal element: 
            Temporal extent: 
              Extent: 
                Time instant: 
                  Description: 
                    publication date
                  Time position: 
      Supplemental Information: 
          This metadata record contains information for the following GIS data files used in the species-specific 
          potential nesting distribution maps in this study: flatback.shp, green.shp, hawksbill.shp, kemps ridley.shp, 
          leatherback.shp, loggerhead.shp, olive ridley.shp.
          
          This data can also be viewed on the OBIS-SEAMAP SWOT online interactive map (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot)
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  Content info: 
    Feature catalogue description: 
      Included with dataset: 
          false
      Feature catalogue citation: 
        Citation: 
          Title: 
              Entity and Attribute Information
          Date: 
            unknown
          Other citation details: 
              Entity and Attribute Overview: These datasets consist of grids of 4 km x 4 km cells for each of the seven 
              sea turtle species. Each grid contains a grid code that ranks the likelihood of nesting occurring at 
              that site as determined by Maxent (v3.3.3k) modeling. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: Pike, D. A. 
              (2013), Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting. Global Ecology and 
              Biogeography, 22: 555–566. doi: 10.1111/geb.12025
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  Distribution info: 
    Distribution: 
      Distributor: 
        Distributor: 
          Distributor contact: 
            Responsible party: 
              Organisation name: 
                  State of the Worlds' Seaturtles (SWOT), Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial Ecological 
                  Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations (OBIS-SEAMAP)
              Contact info: 
                Contact: 
                  Phone: 
                    Telephone: 
                      Voice: 
                          unknown
                  Address: 
                    Address: 
                      Delivery point: 
                          Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nichols School of the Environment
                      Delivery point: 
                          Duke University
                      City: 
                          Durham
                      Administrative area: 
                          NC
                      Postal code: 
                          27708
                      Electronic mail address: 
                          swotdata@gmail.com
              Role: 
                Role code: 
                  distributor
      Transfer options: 
        Digital transfer options: 
          Online: 
            Online Resource: 
              Linkage: 
                URL: 
                  http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot
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  Data quality info: 
    Data quality: 
      Scope: 
        unknown
      Report: 
        Completeness commission: 
          Result: 
            unknown
      Report: 
        Completeness omission: 
          Evaluation method description: 
              none
          Result: 
            unknown
      Report: 
        Conceptual consistency: 
          Measure description: 
              none
          Result: 
            unknown
      Lineage: 
        Lineage: 
          Process step: 
            Process step: 
              Description: 
                  See "Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting" research paper for detailed 
                  description of methodology.
              Date and time: 
                unknown
              Processor: 
                Responsible party: 
                  Individual name: 
                      David A. Pike
                  Organisation name: 
                  Position name: 
                  Contact info: 
                    Contact: 
                      Phone: 
                        Telephone: 
                          Voice: 
                              unknown
                      Address: 
                        Address: 
                          Delivery point: 
                              School of Marine and Tropical Biology
                          Delivery point: 
                              James Cook University
                          City: 
                              Townsville
                          Administrative area: 
                              Queensland
                          Postal code: 
                              4811
                          Country: 
                              Australia
                          Electronic mail address: 
                              david.pike22@gmail.com
                      Hours of service: 
                      Contact instructions: 
                  Role: 
              Source: 
                Source: 
                  Source citation: 
                    Citation: 
                      Title: 
                          Seaturtle Nesting Research Paper
                      Date: 
                        unknown
          Source: 
            Source: 
              Description: 
                  Source Contribution: Identifies data sources, methodology and analysis for the dataset.online
              Source citation: 
                Citation: 
                  Title: 
                      Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting
                  Alternate title: 
                      Seaturtle Nesting Research Paper
                  Date: 
                    Date: 
                      Date: 
                          2013-01-07
                      Date type: 
                        Date type code: 
                          publication
                  Edition: 
                  Cited responsible party: 
                    Responsible party: 
                      Organisation name: 
                          David A. Pike
                      Role: 
                        Role code: 
                          resourceProvider
                  Presentation form: 
                    Presentation form code: 
                      documentDigital
                  Other citation details: 
                      Pike, D. A. (2013), Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting. Global 
                      Ecology and Biogeography, 22: 555–566. doi: 10.1111/geb.12025
              Source extent: 
                Extent: 
                  Temporal element: 
                    Temporal extent: 
                      Extent: 
                        Time instant: 
                          Description: 
                            publication date
                          Time position: 
                            2013-01-07
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  Metadata maintenance: 
    Maintenance information: 
      Maintenance and update frequency: 
        unknown
      Maintenance note: 
          This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial 
          Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 
          transform.
      Metadata author: 
        Responsible party: 
          Individual name: 
          Organisation name: 
              NOAA/NODC/National Coastal Data Development Center
          Position name: 
              Metadata Specialist
          Contact info: 
            Contact: 
              Phone: 
                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                      866-732-2382
                  Facsimile: 
                      228-688-2968
              Address: 
                Address: 
                  Delivery point: 
                      1021 Balch Blvd
                  City: 
                      Stennis Space Center
                  Administrative area: 
                      Mississippi
                  Postal code: 
                      39529
                  Country: 
                      United States
                  Electronic mail address: 
                      NCDDCmetadata@noaa.gov
              Hours of service: 
                  M-F 0830 to 1630
          Role: 
            Role code: 
              custodian
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