turtles (Schulz 1975; mean = 138 eggs, the absence of values of 

 variation precludes a statistical test) . SCL of Florida green 

 turtles correlated well with clutch size (R = 35%, n = 53, 

 P<0.005, Spearman rho correlation). 



Florida green turtle clutches left in situ incubated a 

 mean of 54 days (n = 20, SD = 3.2), with a mode of two hatchling 

 emergences per clutch. Hatching success of natural nests not 

 protected from predation was 61.6% (n = 25, SD = 33.9) at 

 Melbourne Beach. 



Internesting intervals of Florida green turtles displayed 

 a mode of 14 days. An estimate of the number of intraseasonal 

 nestings per individual lies between two and three. A distinct, 

 two-year remigratory period prevailed, with 15 of 18 recoveries 

 occurring after two years. 



Using values of 2.8 nests/ female/yr (Carr et al., 1978) 

 and a two year remigration interval, applied to data on the 

 number of nests deposited on major Florida beaches in 1985 and 

 1986 (n = 736 and 308 nests, respectively, Conley and Hoffman 

 1987) , an estimate for the number of reproductively active 

 females nesting in Florida is approximately 375. 



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