Effect of Precipitation in the Incubation Process of Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Nests

During the hatching season of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, from October 11th to November 18th 2010, at playa Tortuga (Ojochal de Osa, Costa Rica), incubation temperature of six clutches transferred into hatchery were monitored. After a rainy period on the first days of November, abnormal egg temperature...

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Autor: Brenes, Óscar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/7696
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/7696
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Precipitación
temperatura
incubación
nidadas
tortuga
Precipitation
temperature
incubation
clutches
turtle
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Sumario:During the hatching season of Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, from October 11th to November 18th 2010, at playa Tortuga (Ojochal de Osa, Costa Rica), incubation temperature of six clutches transferred into hatchery were monitored. After a rainy period on the first days of November, abnormal egg temperature behavior was recorded by thermo sensors. In order to check egg conditions and embryonic development, totally of eggs were divided in two parts and exhumed. Sudden drop of incubation temperature and embryonic development disruption were direct consequence of extreme precipitations events recorded.