St. Lucie County - South Beach Restoration

General Information

Project Type(s):other

Site Name:St. Lucie County - South Beach Restoration

Site Reference Number:52

Region(s):Southeast

Counties:St. Lucie

Approximate Latitude: 27.311 Approximate Longitude: -80.22

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Principal Investigator(s):Martin, R.

Point(s) of Contact:Martin, R. - Phone Number: (772) 334-3729, Email: erikmartin@ecological-associates.com

Organizations Involved:Ecological Associates, Inc.

Organization Type(s):consulting firm

Project Status: Inactive

Start Date: 3/2009

End Date:

Equipment and Methods

General Method(s) Used:boat survey

Sampling and Effort

	Visual	Capture
Sampling regime:	seasonally	n/a
Measure of effort:	obs/area	unknown

Bottom Type(s):hardbottom

Water Type Zone: neritic Water Type Environment: marine

Min. Depth (m): 0.2 Max. Depth (m): 6.2

Mean Depth (m): 3

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	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	N
Loggerhead (Cc)	n/a	0	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
Unidentified	n/a	1	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

Martin, R.E. 2009. St. Lucie County south beach project: quarter 1, 2009 nearshore turtle survey. Report to Coastal Technology Corporation, 4 pp.

Martin, R.E. 2009. St. Lucie County south beach project: June 2009 nearshore turtle survey. Report to Coastal Technology Corporation, 6 pp.

Martin, R.E. 2009. St. Lucie County south beach project: July 2009 nearshore turtle survey. Report to Coastal Technology Corporation, 4 pp.