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Maternal Health Status Correlates with Nest Success of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida
Type: Text
Year: 2012, 2012
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Eads, Erica, Johnson, Chris, Merrill, Anita, Miller, Debra L., Perrault, Justin R., Reina, Richard, Thompson, Larry J., Wyneken, Jeanette
Description: Of the seven sea turtle species, the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) exhibits the lowest
and most variable nest success (i.e., hatching success and emergence success) for reasons that remain largely unknown. In
an attempt to identify or rule out causes of low reproductive success in this species, we established the largest sample size
(n = 60–70 for most… more
Full Text: Maternal Health Status Correlates with Nest Success of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida Justin R. Perrault1*, Debra L. Miller2¤, Erica Eads3, Chris Johnson4, Anita Merrill2, Larry J. Thompson5, Jeanette Wyneken1 1 Department of …