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Wilma Katz
SW Florida

At 09:49 AM 5/12/03, you wrote:
>It's been well documented that turtle nesting has increased dramatically
>since Congress created the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge in Florida,
>USA. The number of loggerhead nests has doubled (around 10,000 in 1988;
>over 20,000 in '98). Green turtle nests have increased by an order of
>magnitude (300 to 3,000). Can anyone who's studied this tell me the primary
>cause of these increases? The three candidates seem to be: 1) The use of
>TEDs, 2) increased land acquisition for the refuge and 3) the protections
>afforded by the ESA. Anyone know which of these (or other) advances is most
>responsible for increased nesting?
>Cheers,
>Osha
>
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