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Fig. 1. Location of green turtle nesting sites in the southeastern United States. 1. 

 Camp Lejeune 2. Jekyll Island 3. Merritt Island 4. Sebastian Inlet 5. Hutchinson 

 Island 6. Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge 7. Highland Beach 8. Hillsboro 

 Beach 9. John U. Lloyd State Park 10. Loggerhead Key. 



(1981); Litwin (1981); and personal communications from C. and M. 

 Barsumian, G. Dalrymple, L. M. Ehrhart, J. Fletemeyer, T. W. Fritts, 

 T. W. Martin, M. Murphy, J. Richardson, D. L. Stoneburner, and R. 

 Witham. The locations of the major nesting areas, originally selected 

 as possible areas of Critical Habitat, as well as two outlier nestings, are 

 shown in Figure 1. 



Caution should be exercised when using the figures in Table 1. 

 They indicate a number only, and not necessarily a year-to-year trend, 

 with the exception perhaps of Hutchinson Island, Merritt Island, and 

 Hobe Sound. This is because not every beach received the same inten- 

 sity of survey from one year to the next, and because the same precise 

 area may not have been covered. For instance, Sebastian Inlet North 

 received intensive aerial and ground survey in 1980. However, surveys 

 were not performed in 1981. A single night survey yielding four nests 

 does not necessarily indicate a precipitous decline of nesting on this 

 beach in 1981. Considering these limitations, it is evident that the 



