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FIGURE 11.1 (continued) Examples of long time series of sea turtle abundance. (Data
generously provided by Z. Hillis-Starr and B. Phillips, Buck Island Reef NM Sea Turtle
Research Program [hawksbills]; D. Dutton and P. Dutton [leatherbacks, St. Croix], and R.
Reina and J. Spotila [leatherbacks, Costa Rica].)
(d)
Hawksbill nests
Buck Island, Caribbean
0
50
100
150
200
250
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
(e)
Leatherback females
Playa Grande, Costa Rica
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
(f)
Leatherback females
Sandy Point, St. Croix, Caribbean
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
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