Modeling Survival of Immature Loggerheads (Caretta caretta) and Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from 10 Years of Mark-Recapture Data at the Florida Power and Light St. Lucie Plant

• Other Authors: Sterner, Andrew (Author), Weishampel, John (Committee Chair), Ehrhart, Llewellyn (Committee CoChair), Walters, Linda (Committee Member), Breininger, David (Committee Member), (Committee Member), University of Central Florida (Degree Grantor)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of Central Florida
• Subjects: Green turtles > Loggerheads > Mark-recapture > Barker Models > Survivorship > Demography; Hutchinson Island
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004755

Loggerheads (Caretta caretta) are listed as Threatened and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are listed as Endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act. While green turtle nest production in Florida has increased markedly in recent years, loggerhead nest production has followed a more tenu...