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Table 10 in SYNOPSIS OF THE BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA (LINNAEUS 1758)
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Table 10. Internesting interval reported for female loggerhead sea turtles.
| Location | Mean | Range | N | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | ||||
| South Carolina | 13.0 | — | 44 | Talbert et al. (1980) |
| Georgia | — | 12-15 | 26 | Caldwell et al. (19596); Caldwell (19626) |
| Florida | — | 12-14 | — | Gallagher et al. (1972) |
| Florida | 14 | 11-17 — | 18 a | Worth and Smith (1976) Davis and Whiting (1977) |
| Florida | 12 | 34 a | ||
| Florida | 13.9 | 11-20 | — | Williams-Walls et al. (1983) |
| Florida | 13-15 | — | c | Lund (1986) |
| Colombia | 15.0 | — | 2 | Kaufmann (1973) |
| Colombia | 14.7 | 13-17 | T | Kaufmann (19756) |
| Mediterranean | ||||
| Greece | 14.6 | 13 -20 | 14 | Margaritoulis (1983) |
| Turkey | 23.4 | 18-28 | — | Geldiay (1980 in Margaritoulis 1983) |
| Indian | ||||
| Tongaland | 16- 17 | — | — | Hughes et al. (1967) |
| Tongaland | 14- 15 | — | 89 | Hughes and Mentis (1967) |
| Tongaland | 14.7 | — | — | Hughes (1970a) |
| Tongaland | 15.2 | — | — | Hughes and Brent (1972 in Margaritoulis 1983) |
| Oman | 14- 16 | Ross (1979) | ||
| Pacific | ||||
| Japanᵇ | 16.2 | 14-21 | Iwamoto et al. (1985) | |
| Queensland | 15.0 | 12-17 | Bustard (1972) | |
| Queensland | 13.9 | 9-23 | 2,959 | Limpus (1985) |
aValues inferred from information in text or figures.
Figures based on peaks of nesting rather than data on individual turtles renesting within a season.
- Difficult to determine from text, but possibly N = 843.
Notes
Published as part of C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr., 1988, SYNOPSIS OF THE BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA (LINNAEUS 1758), pp. 36 in Biological report 88 (14) on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14224174
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- Limpus, CJ. 1985. A study of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, in eastern Australia. Unpubl. Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia.