Abundance and exploitation of loggerhead turtles nesting in Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde: The only substantial rookery in the eastern Atlantic

The main nesting area for loggerhead turtles in the eastern Atlantic is in the Cape Verde Islands, largely restricted to the island of Boa Vista. Extensive monitoring demonstrated a globally significant population for the species despite a sustained high level of anthropogenic take of nesting female...

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Autores: Marco, Adolfo, Abella Pérez, Elena, Liria-Loza, Ana, Martins, Samir, López, Óscar, Jiménez Bordón, Saray, Medina, M, Oujo-Alamo, Carolina, Gaona, Pilar, Godley, B. J, López-Jurado, Luis Felipe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Repositorio:accedaCRIS portal de investigación de la Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
OAI Identifier:oai:accedacris.ulpgc.es:10553/17588
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10553/17588
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:24 Ciencias de la vida
2401 Biología animal (zoología)
240116 Herpetología
Africa
Threats
Marine turtle
Loggerheads
Nesting population
Cape Verde
Monitoring
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Sumario:The main nesting area for loggerhead turtles in the eastern Atlantic is in the Cape Verde Islands, largely restricted to the island of Boa Vista. Extensive monitoring demonstrated a globally significant population for the species despite a sustained high level of anthropogenic take of nesting females for local consumption. Through an extensive stratified monitoring program across the island in the seasons 2007-2009, we estimated a total of 13955, 12028 and 19950 clutches in the 3 years, respectively. These values indicate that the mean number of nesting females averaged 3700. Considering that a female breed, on average, every 2.4 years, we estimate that the overall number of adult females in the population during these three seasons was 8900.