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Table 3. Counts of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests at index beaches for 1996-2005 by subpopulation, biannual totals, and rates of change (λ and r) by year (NMFS in review, FWRI 2007). Number in italics were interpolated from adjacent counts. |
Year |
Northern
(NC, SC, GA) |
Peninsular
Florida |
Dry Tortugas
(Florida) |
Northern Gulf
(FL, AL) |
Total
(Ni) |
Running sum
(Rj) |
Rate of change (λ) |
Inst. rate of change (r) |
1996 |
1,969 |
52,811 |
249 |
166 |
55,195 |
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1997 |
1,100 |
43,156 |
258 |
166 |
44,680 |
99,875 |
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1998 |
1,812 |
59,918 |
249 |
149 |
62,128 |
106,808 |
1.0694 |
0.0671 |
1999 |
2,173 |
56,471 |
292 |
235 |
59,171 |
121,299 |
1.1357 |
0.1272 |
2000 |
1,475 |
56,277 |
242 |
181 |
58,175 |
117,346 |
0.9674 |
-0.0331 |
2001 |
1,242 |
45,941 |
213 |
143 |
47,539 |
105,714 |
0.9009 |
-0.1044 |
2002 |
1,543 |
38,125 |
210 |
149 |
40,027 |
87,566 |
0.8283 |
-0.1883 |
2003 |
1,998 |
40,726 |
208 |
95 |
43,027 |
83,054 |
0.9485 |
-0.053 |
2004 |
549 |
29,547 |
159 |
114 |
30,369 |
73,396 |
0.88371 |
-0.1236 |
2005 |
1,766 |
34,872 |
159 |
120 |
36,917 |
67,286 |
0.91675 |
-0.0869 |
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