Limpus and Miller, 2008:

"The northern Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait and eastern Arnhem Land support one of the most significant E. imbricata nesting populations in the world. The Great Barrier Reef with its great herds of foraging E. imbricata is a major foraging area for the species within the south-western Pacific Ocean.

Nesting distribution maps are provided for each of the six species of marine turtles that nest in Queensland and eastern Arnhem Land. Eretmochelys imbricata nesting was recorded at 117 sites. Areas with large nesting populations occur in central and eastern Torres Strait and the northern Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and the English Company Islands of north-eastern Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt area of eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

For each site with high density nesting there was a series of lower density nesting sites in the vicinity.  A preliminary estimate of the size of the E. imbricata nesting population in north-eastern Australia is ~2500 females annually for eastern Arnhem Land and ~4000 females annually in Queensland."

Citation/URL:

Limpus, C.J. & Miller, J.D. 2008, Australian Hawksbill Turtle Population Dynamics Project, Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, Research Publication: , Brisbane.

www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p02427aa.pdf/Australian_Hawksbill_Turtle_Population_Dynamics_Project.p

Spatial Coverage

 Northern Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait and Eastern Arnhem Land

Temporal Coverage

 > 15 years

Update Frequency

 Not applicable 

Other Information

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