General Information

sighting
Indian River Lagoon Transects
49
Southeast
Brevard, Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie
0 0
Bresette, Michael; Herren, Richard
Bresette, Michael - Phone Number: (772) 467-7726, Email: mbresette@inwater.org; Herren, Richard - Phone Number: (772) 226-1276, Email: rherren@ircgov.com
Inwater Research Group, Inc.
non-profit
Active
3/2007
n/a

Equipment and Methods

boat survey

Sampling and Effort

Visual Capture
Sampling regime: opportunistically n/a
Measure of effort: obs/distance none
neritic estuarine
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0

Captures and Sightings Information

Species No. of
Captures		 No. of
Sightings		 Min Size*
(cm)		 Max Size*
(cm)		 Mean Size*
(cm)		 FP
Observed		 Life Stages** Comments
Green Turtle (Cm) n/a 18 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Loggerhead (Cc) n/a 8 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 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.

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

Documents

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Literature/Reports Produced

Inwater Research Group, Inc. 2007. Final report for Indian River Lagoon marine turtle relative abundance survey. Final report submitted to FWRI. 46pp.