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effects of beach renourishment on the nesting behavior and hatching success of the loggerhead sea turtle on Jupiter Island, Florida: A seven year study

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Date Issued:
1996
Summary:
Jupiter Island is a barrier Island on the central East Coast of Florida whose beaches are subject to severe erosion. At intervals of several years, lost sand is replaced by the addition of sand ("renourishment") from other locations. In this study, I determined the effect of sand replacement on sea turtle nesting activity, and on the survival of nests placed on renourished and an adjacent natural beach. Renourishment caused a reduction in nesting activity by the turtles, which lasted about two years. Thereafter, turtle nesting on renourished and control beaches was similar. There were no differences in nest survival between the two sites. Renourishment prevents the loss of beach and shoreline property, but is not necessarily beneficial to sea turtles.
Title: The effects of beach renourishment on the nesting behavior and hatching success of the loggerhead sea turtle on Jupiter Island, Florida: A seven year study.
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Name(s): Steinitz, Mary Julie.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Salmon, Michael, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1996
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 97 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Jupiter Island is a barrier Island on the central East Coast of Florida whose beaches are subject to severe erosion. At intervals of several years, lost sand is replaced by the addition of sand ("renourishment") from other locations. In this study, I determined the effect of sand replacement on sea turtle nesting activity, and on the survival of nests placed on renourished and an adjacent natural beach. Renourishment caused a reduction in nesting activity by the turtles, which lasted about two years. Thereafter, turtle nesting on renourished and control beaches was similar. There were no differences in nest survival between the two sites. Renourishment prevents the loss of beach and shoreline property, but is not necessarily beneficial to sea turtles.
Identifier: AAI1378889 (UnM), 15292 (digitool), FADT15292 (IID), fau:12063 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Loggerhead turtle
Sea turtles--Florida--Jupiter Island
Beach nourishment
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