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turtle. The Cape Canaveral aggregation of logger- 

 head turtles is composed of significant numbers of 

 subadults. Furthermore, the east coast of Florida 

 supports the second largest rookery for this species 

 (Ross, 1982). Subadult Kemp's ridley and green 

 turtles appear to overwinter in the Cape Canaveral 

 area. The eastern seaboard of North America serves 

 as a vital link between the pelagic stage of marine 

 turtle development and recruitment to the coastal- 

 benthic foraging stages. Continued research in 

 coastal waters is essential to the conservation of these 

 threatened and endangered species. 



Acknowledgments 



This project was initiated and managed in part by 

 Larry Ogren. I am indebted to Captain Eddie 

 Chadwick and the crew of the FV Mickey Anne for 

 their diligence in the collection of data. Thanks are 

 also due to Wayne Witzell and Nancy Thompson for 

 constructive comments during manuscript prepara- 

 tion; Wendy Teas and Kellie Foster for stranding and 

 tagging reports; Alan Bolten, Charles Caillouet, 

 Jamie Guseman, Tyrrell Henwood, John Keinath, 

 Erik Martin, and Warren Stuntz for recapture infor- 

 mation; Karen Bjorndal for assistance with growth 

 equations and data treatments; and Lisa Gregory for 

 assistance with the Macintosh graphics program 

 SuperPaint. 



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