This report describes the fifth year of the Sea Turtle Program begun at Mote Marine Laboratory in 1982 and is probably the most successful one. The research included a tagging program and reporting of stranded turtles. Study areas included Longboat Key, Lido Key, Siesta Key, Casey Key and Manasota Key in Sarasota, Venice and Englewood, Florida.
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132 p. pdf. Includes table of contents, bibliograhic references, appendices, tables, maps and illus.
In order to protect the nesting habitats of marine turtles, a sand placement project began on Lido Key (Sarasota, Florida) in 2002 and was completed in 2003. Sand placed on Lido Key was dredged from the New Pass Inlet ...
This report summarizes sea turtle monitoring by Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program for the Casey Key, Florida, shoreline in 2009. Casey Key shoreline contains 11.8 km (7.3 mi) of sea ...
This article discusses the history of sea turtle studies at Mote Marine Laboratory. Mote's Sea Turtle Research and Conservation Program officially began in 1982. Studies of nesting sea turtles have been done through the ...
