Table 2. Estimates of the nvunber of adult female loggerheads 

 nesting per year in the southeastern United States 



Estimate Authority 



* 9,615 ** Carr and Bass (unpublished) 



* 9,615 ** Lund (1974) 



8,265 ** Carr and Carr (1977) 



6,000-25,000 Ross (1982) 



28,448 WATS National Report (1983) 



14,150 Murphy and Hopkins (1984) 



14,150 Mager (1985) 



* - Derived from authors' original using assumptions discussed 

 in text. 



** - Estimate restricted to State of Florida 



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