Loggerhead sea turtle report: A report on the Caretta caretta tagging project and nest study on the north end of Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia
Mcmillen. 1980. Loggerhead sea turtle report: A report on the Caretta caretta tagging project and nest study on the north end of Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia. US Department of Interior, National Park Service, Cumberland Island National Seashore. St. Marys, GA
A description of a turtle tagging project on the north end of Cumberland Island, from Christmas Creek to five miles south. Includes materials and methods (night time patrols, examination of turtles for tags, tagging methods); results (number of crawls, number of nests, information on tagged turtles and tagging); and results of a nest study (evidence of predation, hatchlings and nest conditions, and general observations).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Mcmillen
- Date of Issue
- 1980
- Publisher
- US Department of Interior, National Park Service, Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Units
- CUIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta), Nests & Nesting, Tagging, Threatened & Endangered Species