Raccoon Removal Reduces Sea Turtle Nest Depredation in the Ten Thousand Islands of Florida

Ahjond S. Garmestani; H. Franklin Percival

doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0469:RRRSTN]2.0.CO;2

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Ahjond S. Garmestani,^*,** H. Franklin Percival^***

^*South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Program in Policy Studies, Clemson University, G27 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC 29634
^***Corresponding author - agarmes@clemson.edu
^***USGS-Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Box 110485, Building 810, Gainesville, FL 32611

Abstract

Predation by raccoons, Procyon lotor marinus (L.), is the primary cause of sea turtle nest loss in the Ten Thousand Islands archipelago. Four islands within Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge were surveyed for sea turtle nesting activity from 1991–95. Raccoons depredated 76–100% of nests on Panther Key from 1991–94, until 14 raccoons were removed in 1995 resulting in 0% depredation and 2 more were removed in 1996 resulting in 0% depredation. Raccoon removal may be an effective management option for increasing sea turtle nest survival on barrier islands.

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Ahjond S. Garmestani and H. Franklin Percival "Raccoon Removal Reduces Sea Turtle Nest Depredation in the Ten Thousand Islands of Florida," Southeastern Naturalist 4(3), 469-472, (1 September 2005). https://doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0469:RRRSTN]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 September 2005

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