Hatching success of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Leatherbacks of Guanacaste Marine National Park, Costa Rica
Arauz R and Naranjo I. 1994. Hatching success of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Leatherbacks of Guanacaste Marine National Park, Costa Rica. Pages 11 - 12. In Schroeder B and Witherington B: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. Jekyll Island, GA. 23 - 27 February, 1993. National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-341
INTRODUCTION In Costa Rica, important leatherback beaches have been documented on the North Pacific coast, such as Langosta, Grande, and Naranjo (Chaves et al., 1990). In spite of the fact that the colony that nests at Langosta and Grande is considered one of the most important of the world (Pritchard and Koberg, 1992), only recently have any protection measures or research efforts been directed toward the conservation of this nesting habitat. This document presents the results of a hatching success study carried. out from January to April, 1991, at The Leatherbacks of Guanacaste Marine National Park, Playa Grande, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, in an effort to determine some of the basic parameters of this important population, such as hatching success, fate of eggs, and survival of nests.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Arauz, Randall; Naranjo, Isabel
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Breeding, Clutch, Eggs, Hatchlings, Nesting, young