Cape Hatteras National Seashore Sea Turtle Monitoring 2011 Annual Report
2012. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Sea Turtle Monitoring 2011 Annual Report. Cape Hatteras National Seashore
In 2011, 147 sea turtle nests were documented at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA). The first recorded nesting activity for the 2011 season occurred on Hatteras Island with a loggerhead nest on May 15. The last recorded nest of the season was laid on Hatteras Island on August 21. A total of 278 activities were documented of which 147 were confirmed nests and 131 were false crawls. The 147 nests on CAHA (137 loggerhead nests, nine green nests, and one Kemp’s ridley nest) constituted 15.2 % of North Carolina’s total of 967 nests. A total of 32 nests were washed out entirely or could not be found post Hurricane Irene. An additional 12 nests saw a severe decrease in nest success (little or no hatching success) due to Hurricane Irene. A total of 148 stranded sea turtles were documented of which 75 (51%) were on ocean beaches and 73(49%) were on the soundside shoreline.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 2012
- Units
- CAHA
- Keywords
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities