Data from: Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas): a Bayesian approach for small sample sizes

In this study, we used Bayesian modeling to account for sample size limitations and predicted blood biochemical and haematological reference intervals for green turtles (Chelonia mydas) across two foraging populations in North Queensland, Australia.
Equipment used to create/collect the data:

Packed cell volume determination: Livingstone Microhaematocrit Capillary Tubes, Livingstone Int., Mascot, NSW, Australia; and Pico 17 Microcentrifuge, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA
Blood smear preparation: Thermo Scientific Menzel-Gläser, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, M.A., USA
Blood collection tubes: BD Vacutainer LH 34 I.U., BD Vacutainer Systems, Plymouth, U.K.
Centrifuge: Beckman Coulter Allegra X-30R Centrifuge, Brea, CA, USA; and E8 Portafuge, LW Scientific, Lawrenceville, GA, USA

Software/equipment used to manipulate/analyse the data: (a) Equipment:

Light microscope: Olympus BX43, Olympus Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Automated biochemistry analyser: Beckman Coulter, AU480, Brea, CA, USA (b) Software:
R statistical software, using the package ggplot2 for data visualisation (Hadley, 2016, R Core Team, 2019)

The full methodology will be made available in the Open Access publication from the Related publications link below.
Description of the parameters examined and of the codes used in the dataset (also included with the paper in Supplementary Materials)

id: Animal identification number
date: Date the sample was collected (day/month/year).
season: Season in which the sample was collected (dry/wet)
location: Location in which the animals were captured or sourced "combe_reef" and "ingram_reef" are locations in Howick Group of Islands; "cockle_bay" and "toolakea" are locations in the Townsville region
location_merged: Summarised location in which the animals were captured or sourced "howicks" refers to Howick Group of Islands; "tsv" refers to Townsville region
location_merged_num: Numeric code of the variable "location_merged". (2) tsv; (3) howicks
recap: Record of inter-season (isr) or within-season (wsr) (p) denotes an animal which was captured for the first time
lifestage: Life stage of the animals (j) juvenile; (sa) subadult; (a) adult
sex: Sex of the animals (f) female; (m) male; (i) undetermined
sex_num: Numeric code of the variable "sex". (1) female; (2) male; (3) undetermined
ccl: Curved carapace length (cm)
scl: Straight carapace length (cm)
weight: Total body weight (kg)
bci: Body condition index
ph_ex: Evidence of physical (1) yes
temp_air: Air temperature (ºC)
temp_cloaca: Cloacal temperature (ºC)
postfeeding_h: Postprandial time (hours)
blood: Evidence of blood (1) yes
istat: Additional blood analysed using an i-STAT blood gas analyser (unpublished data, which is part of a separate research study)
bia_postcapt_h: Hours after capture
smear: Evidence of blood (1) yes; (0) no
biochem: Evidence of biochemical (1) yes
pcv: Packed cell volume
wbc_het: Heterophils (%)
wbc_lymph: Lymphocytes (%)
wbc_mono: Monocytes (%)
wbc_eosin: Eosinophils (%)
wbc_baso: Basophils (%)
wbc_azu: Presence of azurophil-like cells, not included in the (T) true; (F) false.
wbc_ratio_het_lymph: Heterophil : Lymphocyte ratio
bc_Alb: Albumin (g/L)
bc_ALP: Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)
bc_AST: Aspartate transaminase (U/L)
bc_TBILC: Total bilirubin (µmol/L)
bc_CALA: Calcium (mmol/L)
bc_CO2: Carbon dioxide (mmol/L). Not included in the analysis
bc_Cl: Chloride (mmol/L)
bc_CHOL: Cholesterol (mmol/L)
bc_CK: Creatine kinase (U/L)
bc_CRE: Creatinine (µmol/L)
bc_glob: Globulins (g/L)
bc_GLUC: Glucose (mmol/L)
bc_LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)
bc_MG: Magnesium (mmol/L)
bc_PHOS: Phosphate (mmol/L)
bc_K: Potassium (mmol/L)
bc_TP: Total protein (g/L)
bc_Na: Sodium (mmol/L)
bc_TRIG: Triglycerides (mmol/L)
bc_UREA: Urea (mmol/L)
bc_URIC: Uric acid (mmol/L)
bc_CaP: Calcium : Phosphate ratio
bc_AlbGlob: Albumin : Globulin ratio