From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library. Check http://images.fws.gov/ for higher quality version. Metadata Title: FWS Employee tagging Loggerhead Turtle Alternative Title: (none) Creator: Hollingsworth, John and Karen Source: WV-7669-Working with Wildlife Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Contributor: NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER-PUBLICATIONS AND TRAINING MATERIALS Language: EN - ENGLISH Rights: (public domain) Audience: (general) Subject: Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, endangered species, reptile, resource management, beach, night Description Abstract: FWS biologist tags an endangered Loggerhead Turtle. The Atlantic Loggerheads were listed as threatened on July 28, 1978. Their populations declined due to incidental capture in shrimp trawls, loss of habitat due to coastal development, artificial light on coasts causing disorientation of nesting females, beach sand mining, and many are lost in storms because they get thrown up with Sargassum weeds. Date Available: October 16 2002 Issued: October 15 2002 Modified: May 10 2004 |
