Title
Survival and remigration probabilities for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in the eastern Gulf of Mexico
Abbreviated Journal Title
Mar. Biol.
Keywords
SEA-TURTLE; TEMPORARY EMIGRATION; NAVIGATIONAL ABILITY; SATELLITE; TRACKING; MARINE TURTLES; CHELONIA-MYDAS; POPULATION; CONSERVATION; FLORIDA; TRANSITION; Marine & Freshwater Biology
Abstract
Few long-term mark-recapture tagging datasets exist to estimate population parameters for loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) recovery units. Using a two-state open robust design model, we analyzed a 20-year (1990-2009) mark-recapture dataset from the Keewaydin Island loggerhead nesting assemblage off the southwest coast of Florida (USA) in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. For this analysis, 2,292 turtle encounters were evaluated, representing 841 individual nesting turtles. Survival was estimated at 0.73 (95 % CI 0.69-0.76). This estimate is comparable with survival estimates elsewhere in the Peninsular Florida subpopulation and is among the lowest estimates for the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead population. We documented no changes in remigration rates or clutch frequency over time. These are the first survival and remigration probabilities estimated for a loggerhead nesting assemblage in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Journal Title
Marine Biology
Volume
161
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
863
Last Page
870
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0025-3162
Recommended Citation
"Survival and remigration probabilities for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in the eastern Gulf of Mexico" (2014). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 5954.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/5954
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