Table 10 in SYNOPSIS OF THE BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA (LINNAEUS 1758)

Table 10. Internesting interval reported for female loggerhead sea turtles.
LocationMeanRangeNReferenceAtlanticSouth Carolina13.0—44Talbert et al. (1980)Georgia—12-1526Caldwell et al. (19596); Caldwell (19626)Florida—12-14—Gallagher et al. (1972)Florida1411-17 —18 aWorth and Smith (1976) Davis and Whiting (1977)Florida1234 aFlorida13.911-20—Williams-Walls et al. (1983)Florida13-15—cLund (1986)Colombia15.0—2Kaufmann (1973)Colombia14.713-17TKaufmann (19756)MediterraneanGreece14.613 -2014Margaritoulis (1983)Turkey23.418-28—Geldiay (1980 in Margaritoulis 1983)IndianTongaland16- 17——Hughes et al. (1967)Tongaland14- 15—89Hughes and Mentis (1967)Tongaland14.7——Hughes (1970a)Tongaland15.2——Hughes and Brent (1972 in Margaritoulis 1983)Oman14- 16Ross (1979)PacificJapanᵇ16.214-21Iwamoto et al. (1985)Queensland15.012-17Bustard (1972)Queensland13.99-232,959Limpus (1985)
aValues inferred from information in text or figures.
Figures based on peaks of nesting rather than data on individual turtles renesting within a season.
- Difficult to determine from text, but possibly N = 843.