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Leatherback Nesting Trend in Florida, 1989-2002

Florida's sea turtle nesting trend data

Loggerhead nesting trend in Florida

Green turtle nesting trend in Florida

Leatherback nesting trend in Florida

Loggerhead nesting trend by grouped index beaches in Florida

Green turtle nesting trend by grouped index beaches in Florida

This plot shows the annual nesting from leatherbacks at core index beaches during the period 1989-2002. A regression of log-transformed nest numbers reveals a significant increase in leatherback nesting over the 14-year period (r=0.92, p less than 0.001).

The annual number of leatherback nests at the core set of index beaches ranged from 27 to 357 between 1989 and 2002. Leatherback nesting on index beaches represents approximately 34% of leatherback nesting in the state of Florida.


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Content and graphs presented from: Nesting Trends From Twelve Years of Sea Turtle Nesting at Index Nesting Beaches in Florida, USA by Chris Koeppel and Blair Witherington, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute, 9700 South A1A, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951