Sentences with phrase «turtle nest counts»

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Vincent Saba, a research fishery biologist at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), and his study co-authors used annual nest counts from Florida and a time - series of climate data in turtle - nesting population models.

These models were then used to assess observed changes in nest counts and to project future nesting trends in the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle population, the largest in the world.

Nest counts are the main source of demographic data for sea turtles, but it's hard to estimate population size from these counts.

«When you're counting nesting turtles, in some ways it's kind of like watching the stars,» he says.

While praising the models» sophistication and the paper's illumination of the link between climate and nesting, Tucker says he is not convinced that baby - turtle survival is more important in determining nest counts than the number of adult females in good breeding condition.

You can not simply count the number of turtles you can spot in one dive.

My course lasted three days and by the end of it I'd seen 18 Manta Rays, 12 turtles, 2 sharks and a ton of other fascinating creatures, not that I was counting.

Even on the «everyone does it» afternoon snorkel tour out of San Pedro to Hol Chan Marine Reserve, we spotted countless fish, a moray eel, stingrays, multiple species of coral and a group of turtles foraging in the sea grass — and that's not counting the side trip to Shark Ray Alley to swim with nurse sharks and stingrays.

There were three main Mario games, three Castlevania games, three Ninja Turtles games (if you don't count the fighter), etc..

Sentimental reasons such as «so our children can see the turtles» don't really count because not everyone feels that way.

Nest counts are the main source of demographic data for sea turtles, but it's hard to estimate population size from these counts.

Therefore, empirical evidence as espoused herein and voted on herein by these wise folks suggests that CREA, as you correctly point out within your lead paragraph, has regularly dropped the ball... again... over and over... until finally, when it really counted, not against CREA's interests, but against your and your cohorts» interests, turned turtle and sold out its paying supporters.