Table 1. Fate of eggs (percentages) of green and leatherback 

 turtles at Krofajapasi, Surinam, based on data in 

 Dutton and Whitmore (1983) and Whitmore and Button 

 (1985) . Some approximations result from reading values 

 from histograms and because infertility values come 

 from a smaller data set. 



Green Leatherback 



35.8 

 31.6 

 13.2 

 14.4 

 4.2 

 0.5 



* includes some cases with eggs pierced by roots 



Table 2. Fates of marked green turtle nests at Tortuguero. 



Percentages are based on 350 nests (adapted from Fowler 

 1979) . 



Nest fate Percent of total 



Undisturbed, young emerged 42.6 



Disturbed, some young emerged 4.9 



Destroyed by animal predators 34.8 



Lost to human predators 6 . 6 



Destroyed by the sea 5 . 7 



Dead although undisturbed 5.4 



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