Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle Restoration and Enhancement Project, Incubation and Imprinting Phase
King R, Shaver D, Phillips K. 1984. Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle Restoration and Enhancement Project, Incubation and Imprinting Phase. Padre Island National Seashore
Report on observations of 1,976 Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs which were laid at Playa de Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and transported to the Padre Island National Seashore Biological Field Station, Texas, where incubation resulted in a hatching success of 90.7%. The report contains detailed information on incubation, hatching, release and tracking data, unhatched embryo data, and pathology reports on 11 of the 239 hatchlings that died after hatching.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- King, Robert; Shaver, Donna; Phillips, Kelly
- Date of Issue
- 1984
- Publisher
- Padre Island National Seashore
- Units
- PAIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Captive Rearing, Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi), Mortality