Incubation temperatures, sex ratio and hatching success of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys
coriacea) in two protected hatcheries on the central Mexican coast of the Eastern Tropical …

The viability of sea turtle populations during their early stages depends mostly on hatching
success and a balanced sex ratio of the hatchlings. In sea turtles, sex is determined by the …

Laboratory incubation of eggs and histology of gonads indicated that the pivotal temperature
for leatherback turtles nesting on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica at Playa Grande was 29.4 C …

At the marine turtle conservation program in Boca de Tomates, Jalisco, Mexico, all nests are
relocated to fenced-off beach hatchery or polystyrene boxes due to illegal egg collection …

Introduction: Sea turtles have temperature dependent sex determination. The increase in
global temperature leads to higher nest temperatures that can cause a prevalence of …

The hatching success of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) of natural,
relocated, and hatchery nests was determined in the nesting season of 2004 on Gandoca …

Playa Langosta is 1 of 3 nesting beaches in Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas de
Guanacaste, and is 1.3-km long. The 3 beaches (Langosta, Grande, and Ventanas) …

Abstract The Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtle neared extinction during the mid-
1980s, but due to intense conservation efforts its population is now gradually recovering …

We analyzed relative abundance of nesting Olive Ridley Turtles, Lepidochelys olivacea, on
El Naranjo beach, Mexico during 1993–2010, as well as seasonal and spatial distribution of …

Many sea turtle nesting colonies are in decline worldwide, and a common conservation
practice maximizes hatchling production by translocating eggs from threatened nests to …