Standard Operating Procedures

Protocols and guidelines of the Marine Turtle Biology and Assessment Program. NOAA Access Only

Field Protocols

• Blood Collection
  
• Honu Count Data Protocol
  
• Instructions for Turtle Capture Box
  
• Marine Turtle Excavation Protocols
  
• Marine Turtle Hatchling Sampling
  
• Marine Turtle Nest Probing Protocols
  
• Photographing Turtles
  
• 2025 Marine Turtle Field Research Manual

Lab Protocols

• Facial Recognition
  
• Laparoscopy
  
• MONNIT Ultra Freezer Alarm System and Response Protocol
  
• Processing Humeri
  
• Tumor Scoring

Stranding & Rescue Protocols

• Sea Turtle Necropsy Coordination
  
• Sea Turtle Stranding Communication & Coordination Protocol
  
• Sea Turtle Stranding Intake Protocol

Data & Analysis Protocols

• ACDSee Photo Processing & Organization
  
• Database Nesting
  
• Database Stranding
  
• Dataloggers
  
• Entering Excavation Data in MTBAP Database