Ecology of East Florida Sea Turtles: Proceedings of the Cape Canaveral, Florida Sea Turtle Workshop Held at Miami, Florida on February 26-27, 1985

摘要

A total of 634 marine turtle carcass strandings were recorded in the three-county area surrounding Port Canaveral, Florida, from November 1977 through December 1984. Five species of sea turtles, Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Lepidochelys kempi, Dermochelys coriacea, and Eretmochelys imbricata, are included in the total of 634 stranding records cataloged in the report, although 95% are Caretta caretta.