Hatchery efficiency for turtle conservation in Cabo Verde

This paper evaluated the efficiency of beach hatcheries as a conservation tool for threatened sea turtle clutches. During six nesting seasons (2013 to 2018), several thousand high-risk clutches from loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) were relocated to a hatchery constructed on the same beach, with...

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Main Authors: Samir Martins, Nádia Ferreira-Veiga, Zuleika Rodrigues, Adélcio Querido, Nuno de Santos Loureiro, Kátia Freire, Elena Abella, Carolina Oujo, Adolfo Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:MethodsX
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016121003113