SYNOPSIS OF THE BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA (LINNAEUS 1758) Author C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Ecology Research Center 412 N. E. 16 th Avenue, Room 250 Gainesville, FL 32601 text Biological report 1988 1988-05-30 88 14 1 110 journal article 305474 10.5281/zenodo.14224174 bc7d8da9-c2c0-4886-ac11-d20e6b94a2f7 14224174

Table 18. Percentage of loggerhead sea turtle eggs resulting in emerged hatchlings. (Unless otherwise indicated, the figures are for nests as deposited by the female on a natural beach, and not disturbed by predators.)

Location	Mean %	Range %	Nests	Reference
Atlantic
aArtificially incubated in sand or vermiculite. bvalues for nests moved to a protected hatchery on a natural beach. cvalues for different nesting seasons. ¿ Data for 1977. ÎData for 1978, estimated from nests marked when laid. ' Data for 1978, estimated from nests excavated after hatchling emergence.
North Carolina	74.4	3.14-98.4	20	Ferris (1986)
South Carolina	73.4	29.0-98.0	62	Caldwell (1959)
South Carolina	66.8	—	11	Stancyk et al. (1980)
South Carolina	72.5	—	7	Stancyk et al. (1980)
South Carolina	80.0	—	3	Stancyk et al. (1980)
Florida3	63.8	2.0-95.0	48	Worth and Smith (1976)
Florida	72.0	—	43	Ehrhart (1979c)
Florida	55.7	0.0-99.1	97	Witherington (1986)
Indian
Tongaland	82.6	—	26	Hughes et al. (1967)
Tongaland	83.4	—	91	Hughes and Mentis (1967)
Tongaland	66.1	31.3-83.1	859	Hughes (1971 rf)
Tongaland	82.4	31.0-98.7	20	Hughes (1972)
Tongaland b	68.7	42.1-94.2	10	Hughes (1972)
Tongaland	77.8	0.0-98.7	72	Hughes (1974a)
Oman d	57.3	—	18	Ross (1979)
Oman e	53.1	—	15	Ross (1979)
Oman'	67.8	—	11	Ross (1979)
Pacific
Queensland	83.8	10.6-100	90	Limpus et al. (19794)
Queensland 0	81.9	—	422	Limpus (1985)
Queensland 0	80.4	—	578	Limpus (1985)