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Annual Survival of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta) Nesting In Peninsular Florida: A Cause for Concern
Annual Survival of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta) Nesting In Peninsular Florida: A Cause for Concern
Document
Published / External
18758
Annual survival of Florida nesting loggerheads
Data Set
Completed
2011-12-31
To estimate annual survival rates of adult female Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Peninsular Florida subpopulation, we deployed pop-up archival transmitting tags on 30 Loggerhead turtles nesting at Juno Beach, Florida in 2009. We received data from 29 tags, which we used to estimate annual survival rates and assess the disposition of the animal at the time of tag release. A turtle could have survived the one-year deployment, could have died, or its fate may be unknown if a tag transmitted prematurely for no discernible cause. Annual survival was estimated to be 0.41 (0.20–0.65, 95% CI), but when assuming that all turtles whose fate was unknown had survived for one year survival was estimated to be 0.60 (0.40–0.78). These estimates are considerably lower than previous estimates for this subpopulation (range: 0.73–0.85) and raise concern for the recovery and conservation of the species.
To estimate annual survival rates of adult female Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta ) in the Peninsular Florida subpopulation,
Theme
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Caretta caretta
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Theme
Caretta caretta
Theme
Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Theme
known fate
Theme
mortality
Theme
survival rates
Theme
turtle
Temporal
2009-2010
Spatial
Atlantic Ocean
Spatial
Juno Beach
Instrument
pop-up archival tags
Instrument
satellite tags
Journal article
Acrobat Portable Document Format
Published
Author
2011-12-31
Person
Sasso, Chris
chris.sasso@noaa.gov
75 Va Beach DR
Miami
FL
33149
305-361-4279
305-361-4478
Collaborator
2010
Person
Snodgrass, Derke
derke.snodgrass@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
305-361-4236
305-361-4219
Collaborator
2010
Person
Orbesen, Eric
Eric.Orbesen@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
33149
305-361-4253
Co-Author
2011-12-31
Person
Epperly, Sheryann
epperlychester@gmail.com
She has retired
http://herpconbio.org/Volume_6/Issue_3/Sasso_etal_2011.pdf
Sasso_etal_2011.pdf
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