on Ossabaw, St. Catherines, Sapelo, St. Simons, Sea, Jekyll, and 

 Cumberland Islands, Georgia. 



625 



*Wightman, 0. S. 1955. Early days of coastal Georgia. Fort Frederica 

 Association, St. Simons Island, Georgia. 235 pp. 



Contains a great deal of historical information on St. Simons 

 Island, Georgia. 



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 *Ziegler, J. M. 1959. Origin of the sea islands of the southeastern 

 United States. Geographical Review 49:222-237. 



Coastal geographic studies of sea islands, off the coasts of 

 Georgia and South Carolina, were carried out in 1953, 1956, 1957, 

 and 1958. Islands discussed include Tybee, Wassaw, Ossabaw, St. 

 Catherines, Blackbeard, Sapelo, St. Simons, Jekyll, and Cumberland 

 (in Georgia) and Hunting, Fripp, Hilton Head, and Sullivans (in 

 South Carolina). 



Jekyll Island 



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 *Caldwell, D. K. 1962. Comments on the nesting behavior of Atlantic 

 loggerhead sea turtles, based primarily on tagging returns. Jour- 

 nal of Florida Academy of Sciences 25(4) :287-302. 



This article presents results of a study on the nesting behavior 

 of loggerhead sea turtles on Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, 

 and the Little Cumberland Islands, Georgia. 



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Floyd, C. F., and C. F. Sirmans. 1975. The economic impact of rec- 

 reational land use in an island environment: a case study of 

 Jekyll Island, Georgia. Georgia Marine Science Center, Technical 

 Report Mo. SG 75-7. 99 pp. 



Compiled data to indicate the effect of recreational land utili- 

 zation affects employment, income, population and migration pat- 

 terns, and housing. 



629 

 *Johnson, A. S., H. 0. Hillestad, S. F. Shanholtzer, and G. F. Shan- 

 holtzer. 1974. An ecological survey of the coastal region of 

 Georgia. National Park Service, Scientific Monograph Series 

 No. 3. 233 pp. 



The ecological characteristics of Georgia's coastal region are 

 described, and specific chapters focus on the fauna, vegetation, 

 and productivity of the islands, marshes, open marine, and estua- 

 rine waters. Special emphasis is placed on Tybee Island, Wassaw 

 Island, Ossabaw Island, St. Catherines Island, Blackbeard Island, 



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