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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Excavate

Variations: Inventory, Excavation

A method used to evaluate nest success on beaches where nests are monitored. Several days after a turtle nest has hatched, local monitors will conduct an excavation, or inventory, of the nest. They will count the number of empty eggshells as an approximation of the number of turtles that hatched. They will also count any unhatched eggs, live and dead hatchlings that may be present in the nest. The nest inventory helps to determine the hatching success and emergence success of the nest.

WWW References:

• Overview of the NC Sea Turtle Project

Entered by: Michael Coyne
Entered: 2010-06-13 08:05:53