Atlantic Coast Aerial Survey (SeTS)

General Information

Project Type(s):sighting

Site Name:Atlantic Coast Aerial Survey (SeTS)

Site Reference Number:44

Region(s):Northeast, Southeast

Counties:

Approximate Latitude: 28.74 Approximate Longitude: -80.47

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Principal Investigator(s):Schroeder, Barbara; Thompson, Nancy

Point(s) of Contact:Thompson, Nancy - Phone Number: Not Provided, Email: Not Provided

Organizations Involved:National Marine Fisheries Service - Miami

Organization Type(s):federal agency

Project Status: Inactive

Start Date: 4/1982

End Date: 7/1984

Equipment and Methods

General Method(s) Used:aerial survey

Sampling and Effort

	Visual	Capture
Sampling regime:	annually	annually
Measure of effort:	unknown	cap/area

Bottom Type(s):pelagic

Water Type Zone: pelagic Water Type Environment: marine

Min. Depth (m): 0.8 Max. Depth (m): 43437.1

Mean Depth (m): 37.61

Captures and Sightings Information

Species	No. of Captures	No. of Sightings	Min Size* (cm)	Max Size* (cm)	Mean Size* (cm)	FP Observed	Life Stages**
Green Turtle (Cm)	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Loggerhead (Cc)	n/a	1191	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kemp's Ridley (Lk)	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Hawksbill (Ei)	n/a	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Leatherback (Dc)	n/a	98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Unidentified	n/a	359	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.

This report adheres to the following size ranges for life stage classification for these species:

	Green turtle	Loggerhead	Kemp's ridley	Hawksbill
Oceanic-stage juvenile	< 25 cm SCL	< 30 cm SCL	< 25 cm SCL	< 25 cm SCL
Neritic-stage juvenile	25-69 cm SCL	30-69 cm SCL	25-39 cm SCL	25-64 cm SCL
Subadult	70-84 cm SCL	70-79 cm SCL	40-59 cm SCL	65-74 cm SCL
Adult	≥ 85 cm SCL	≥ 80 cm SCL	≥ 60 cm SCL	≥ 75 cm SCL

	Leatherback
Immature	< 135 cm OCL
Adult	≥ 135 cm OCL

Other Information Collected

Project Summary

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Literature/Reports Produced

Thompson, N.B. 1984. Progress Report on Estimating Density and Abundance of Marine Turtles: Results of First Year Pelagic Surveys in the Southeast U.S.

Schroeder, B.A., and N.B. Thompson. 1987. Distribution of the loggerhead turtle and the leatherback turtle in the Cape Canaveral, Florida area: results of aerial surveys. In: Ecology of East Florida Sea Turtles. NMFS-53.