Estimation of the Net Nesting Effort of Olive Ridley Arribada Sea Turtles Based on Nest Densities at Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ostional Beach, Costa Rica, supports a large mass nesting (arribada) aggregation of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). A large number of egg clutches is lost to egg harvest and to nest destruction by nesting females after every arribada. Accordingly, the purpose of our study was to ge...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Herpetology. in. - Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1968. - 50(2016), 3, Seite 409-415
1. Verfasser: Bézy, Vanessa S. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Girondot, Marc, Valverde, Roldán A.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Herpetology. in
Schlagworte:Behavioral sciences Mathematics Biological sciences Physical sciences Applied sciences Environmental studies