Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.

Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nested in Contoy Island from August through October in 1984 and from Iune through September in 1985, tbe second seems to be regular season. 1 recorded 44 specimens in botb seasons, tbe smallest female measured 87 cm, and the largest 117 cm of straight carapace lengt. N...

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Autor principal: Durán Nájera, Juan José
Formato: Online
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Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 1991
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24839
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spelling RBT248392022-05-20T14:07:11Z Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México. Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México. Durán Nájera, Juan José Oreen turtles (Chelonia mydas) nested in Contoy Island from August through October in 1984 and from Iune through September in 1985, tbe second seems to be regular season. 1 recorded 44 specimens in both seasons, tbe smallest female measured 87 cm, and the largest 117 cm of straight carapace lengt. Nests located nearer than 6 m from high tide line must be located in order to hatch. The mean numbers of eggs per nest for 1984 and 1985 were 98 and 114, respectively. Incubation in situ took around 50 days. In the 1985 nesting season, each C. mydas female nested a mean of 1.6 times, with a mean nesting interval of 22 days. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nested in Contoy Island from August through October in 1984 and from Iune through September in 1985, tbe second seems to be regular season. 1 recorded 44 specimens in botb seasons, tbe smallest female measured 87 cm, and the largest 117 cm of straight carapace lengt. Nests located nearer than 6 m from high tide line must be located in order to hatch. The mean numbers of eggs per nest for 1984 and 1985 were 98 and 114, respectively. Incubation in situ took around 50 days. In tbe 1985 nesting season, each C. mydas female nested a mean of 1.6 times, witb a mean nesting interval of 22 days. Universidad de Costa Rica 1991-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24839 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 39 No. 1 (1991): Volume 39 – Regular number 1 – June 1991; 149–152 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 39 Núm. 1 (1991): Volumen 39 – Número regular 1 – Junio 1991; 149–152 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 39 N.º 1 (1991): Volume 39 – Regular number 1 – June 1991; 149–152 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v39i1 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24839/25053 Copyright (c) 1991 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.
author_facet Durán Nájera, Juan José
author_sort Durán Nájera, Juan José
description Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nested in Contoy Island from August through October in 1984 and from Iune through September in 1985, tbe second seems to be regular season. 1 recorded 44 specimens in botb seasons, tbe smallest female measured 87 cm, and the largest 117 cm of straight carapace lengt. Nests located nearer than 6 m from high tide line must be located in order to hatch. The mean numbers of eggs per nest for 1984 and 1985 were 98 and 114, respectively. Incubation in situ took around 50 days. In tbe 1985 nesting season, each C. mydas female nested a mean of 1.6 times, witb a mean nesting interval of 22 days.
title Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.
title_short Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.
title_full Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.
title_fullStr Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.
title_full_unstemmed Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.
title_sort anidación de la tortuga blanca, chelonia mydas (linnaeus, 1758) (testudines: cheloniidae), en isla contoy, méxico.
title_alt Anidación de la tortuga blanca, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae), en Isla Contoy, México.
publisher Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate 1991
url https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/24839
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