Review of 1980 Sea Turtle Strandings: Research Information Report to Support DSEIS on Endangered and Threatened Species of Sea Turtles, 1981

摘要

The 1980 Stranding Data Base has been fraught with duplications and errors reflecting a deficiency in quality control. In its defense, the stranding network operated exceedingly well for a first year effort. With diligence and work there is no reason that the reliability of the data cannot be improved in successive years. The report contains fives figures and three tables summarizing the edited 1980 data. This is the best available data on strandings. Confidence limits cannot be placed around the numbers because the fundamental information necessary (coverage and effort estimates) are lacking.