Increasing beach sediment loss from erosion and high levels of crab Ocypode spp. predation are threatening turtle nests nesting habitat. The 900 m long on Cousine Island, Seychelles, supports a population approximately 70–130 hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata each season. Seasonal storm-related accretion cycles Island have the potential destroying 50% or more all egg clutches island in single Ob...