Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

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Nests
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6-10
11-20
21-40
40+

Beach Description

North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

Residents and volunteers from Pine Knoll Shores have been monitoring and protecting sea turtle nests since the 1990s.


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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 10 (83.3%)
Unique Females: 9 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 12
  In Situ: 9
  Relocated: 3 (25%)
  Inventoried: 11 (91.6%)
  Unknown: 1
False Crawls: 4

Estimated Eggs to Date: 1277
  Eggs Lost: 12 (0.9%)
  Hatched Eggs: 774
  Emerged Hatchlings: 684
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 56.4 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 120 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 64.7%
Mean Emergence Success: 57.8%
Nest Success: 81.8%
Beach Success: 75%

Last Updated: 2020-11-30 14:13:44 (2140 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead103
Green Turtle11
Kemp's Ridley1