Cape Hatteras National Seashore Sea Turtle Monitoring 2012 Annual Report
2013. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Sea Turtle Monitoring 2012 Annual Report. Cape Hatteras National Seashore
In 2012, 222 sea turtle nests (219 loggerhead nests, two green nests, and one leatherback nest) and 169 false crawls were documented at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA). The first nest was documented on May 11 and the last nest was documented on August 26, with all false crawls being observed between these dates. Mean hatch success for all nests was 79% while mean emergence success was 73%. A total of 126 stranded sea turtles were documented within CAHA in 2012 (Appendix A).
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 2013
- Units
- CAHA
- Keywords
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas), green sea turtle, Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, loggerhead sea turtle, Sea Turtle
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities