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tions. Intermediate depth intervals represented a 

 transition zone, as depicted by a general absence of 

 significant correlations of ln(2? + 1 ) between these depth 

 intervals and either the shallower or deeper intervals. 

 In 1986-89 and 1990-93, loggerhead sea turtles, 

 Caretta caretta, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles, 

 Lepidochelys kempii, occurred most frequently in the 



strandings, followed by green sea turtles, Chelonia 

 mydas, and leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys 

 coriacea (Tables 9 and 10). Strandings of hawksbill 

 sea turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, were equal in 

 number to those of leatherback turtles in 1986-89 

 (Table 9), but fewer in number than leatherback 

 turtles in 1990-93 (Table 10). Monthly strandings 



