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Long-term trends in Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) nesting and reproductive success at an important western Atlantic rookery [1]

The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge (ACNWR), located along the central east coast of Florida (USA) in the western North Atlantic, hosts one of the largest loggerhead (Caretta caretta) nesting assemblages in the western Hemisphere. Sea turtle nesting activity has been continuously monitored on this beach for > 31 yrs, representing one of the longest sea turtle reproductive data sets in the world.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
Llewellyn Ehrhart [2], William Redfoot [3], Dean Bagley & et al [4]
Chelonian Conservation and Biology [5]
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173-181
Tags:
Turtles [6], Endangered Species [7], Climate Change [8], Climate Impacts [9], United States Of America (US) [10], Sea Level Rise [11], Coastal Erosion [12], North Atlantic Ocean [13], Storms [14], Wildlife [15], Fauna [16]
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