Insights into the Distribution and Migratory Movements of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

摘要

Data on dead Kemp's ridley turtles have been collected since 1980 through both a voluntary and dedicated sampling of the U.S. Atlantic coast. These data are entered into the central Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network(STSSN) data base at the Miami Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Sercice(NMFS), Southeast Fisheries Science Center(SEFSC). The STSSN includes all of the eighteen U.S. Atlantic coastal states. The informaiton collected over the past ten years on turtles includes species identification, either straight and/or curved carapace lengths and sex depending on the condition of the coarcass.