Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System

North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

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Nests
1-5
6-10
11-20
21-40
40+

Beach Description

North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

Kure Beach is located on Pleasure Island, south of Wilmington, and is part of the Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project. Volunteers with the Kure Beach Turtle Project have been monitoring and protecting sea turtle nests on Pleasure Island since 1989


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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 13 (100.0%)
Unique Females: 11 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 13
  In Situ: 11
  Relocated: 2 (15.3%)
  Inventoried: 12 (92.3%)
  Lost: 1 (7.6%)
False Crawls: 23

Estimated Eggs to Date: 1320
  Eggs Lost: 22 (1.6%)
  Hatched Eggs: 1097
  Emerged Hatchlings: 1053
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 53.4 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 132.5 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 74.9%
Mean Emergence Success: 71.9%
Nest Success: 92.3%
Beach Success: 36.1%

Last Updated: 2020-12-22 09:31:52 (2056.1 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead1318