Surface-pelagic Drift Community (Northeast Florida)

Project Type(s):sighting, capture

Site Name:Surface-pelagic Drift Community (Northeast Florida)

Site Reference Number:41

Region(s):Northeast

Approximate Latitude: 29.98 Approximate Longitude: -80.03

Principal Investigator(s):Ceriani, Simona A; Hardy, Robert F; Hirama, Tomo; Witherington, Blair E

Point(s) of Contact:Hardy, Robert F - Phone Number: (727) 896-8626, Email: robert.hardy@myfwc.com

Organizations Involved:Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish & Wildlife Research Institute

Organization Type(s):state agency

Project Status: Active

Start Date: 9/2005

End Date: n/a

General Method(s) Used:boat survey, dip net

	Visual	Capture
Sampling regime:	opportunistically	opportunistically
Measure of effort:	obs/distance	cap/distance

Bottom Type(s):pelagic

Water Type Zone: pelagic Water Type Environment: marine

Min. Depth (m): 108.9 Max. Depth (m): 737.3

Mean Depth (m): 460.1

Species	No. of Captures	No. of Sightings	Min Size* (cm)	Max Size* (cm)	Mean Size* (cm)	FP Observed	Life Stages**	Comments
Green Turtle (Cm)	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Loggerhead (Cc)	13	0	4.5	7.2	5.2	No	n/r
Kemp's Ridley (Lk)	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hawksbill (Ei)	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Leatherback (Dc)	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

*All size measurements are SSCL unless otherwise indicated
** For Cm, Cc, Lk, & Ei: O - Oceanic-stage juvenile; N - Neritic-stage juvenile; S - Subadult; A - Adult. For Dc: I - Immature; A - Adult. n/a = not applicable; n/r = not reported.

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The northeast epipelagic drift community study focuses on the Florida Current off St. John’s County. All captures thus far have been of small oceanic-stage juvenile loggerheads. See the narrative under Epipelagic Drift Community – Northwest for more information on the broader study and literature produced.

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