Movement Induced Mortality of Loggerhead Eggs
Limpus CJ, Baker V, Miller JD. 1979. Movement Induced Mortality of Loggerhead Eggs. Herpetologica. 35(4):335-338
Management and conservation of sea turtles through egg-transfers should be attempted with extreme caution. Significant decreases in the hatching rates of the eggs of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) can result from even gentle inversion of the eggs between 12 hours and 14 days after the eggs are laid.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Limpus, Colin; Baker, Valonna; Miller, Jeffrey
- Units
- GUIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Eggs, Gulf Islands National Seashore FL - MS., Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta), Mortality, Reptiles (Reptilia), Sea Turtles (Cheloniidae & Dermochelyidae)