This study was conducted by six coprincipal investigators with financial 

 support from the Office of Sea Grants through the College of the Virgin Islands, 

 the TEKTITE II Program Office, Florida State University, and the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service Biological Laboratories at Auke Bay, Alaska, and 

 Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 



STUDY AREA 



The area of study on the south shore of St. John Island included Greater 

 Lameshur Bay, the region west of Cabritte Horn Point (Beehive Cove) and most of 

 Grootpan Bay to the east of the point (Figure 1) . To conduct studies of move- 

 ment patterns, and for comparative purposes, the above region was divided into 

 four study areas: Area 1 - eastward from the promontory separating Greater from 

 Little Lameshur Bay to about the midline (offshore-onshore axis) of Great 



Figure 1. Study Area. A, section of south shore of St. John Island showing 

 study areas 1, 2, 3, and 4; B, Topography of Area 3. Dots on B 

 represent dens most frequently occupied. 



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