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

Topsail Island
North Carolina WRC Sea Turtle Project

Topsail Island straddles Pender and Onslow counties in NC, and contains the towns of North Topsail Beach, Surf City, and Topsail Beach. Sea turtle nests are monitored and protected by volunteers from the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Surf City.

Adopt-a-Nest from Topsail Island

Andrew Lehotzky
Kelsey Alexander
Annelise Tyner
Julia Kemper
Craig Scalabrin
Kaitlyn Layton
David Staublin
Amanda Granata
Danielle
romana roman
The Logan Family
Greg Pack
Cindy Samantha Leighton
Kelly Leonard
Patricia Parker
Mary Mullis
Nancy
Taylor Phillips
William and Connor Morgan
Topsail Turtle Project
North Prestonwood NCL Board
Krystal Johnson
Juliet, Elise & Anna Marinelli
In Memory of Katia
Ingemann Mogensen

Year

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Summary What does this mean Activity

DNA Samples Assigned: 104 (97.2%)
Unique Females: 41 (analysis incomplete)
Nests: 107
  In Situ: 43
  Relocated: 64 (59.8%)
  Inventoried: 107 (100%)
False Crawls: 82

Estimated Eggs to Date: 12928
  Eggs Lost: 147 (1.1%)
  Hatched Eggs: 10446
  Emerged Hatchlings: 9696
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 57.6 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 119.7 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 80.2%
Mean Emergence Success: 74.6%
Nest Success: 95%
Beach Success: 56.6%

Last Updated: 2023-06-30 13:13:54 (1198.1 days ago)

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Significant Nest Losses
Egg Status Egg Losses
SpeciesNestsFalse Crawls
Loggerhead9978
Green Turtle83