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| Bourjea, Jerome; Dalleau, Mayeul; Derville, S.; Beudard, F.; Marmoex, C.; M'Soili, A.; Roos, David; Ciccione, S.; Frazier, J.. |
| Nesting green turtles Chelonia mydas were studied at Moheli Island, Union of Comoros, southwestern Indian Ocean (SWIO). Five contiguous beaches near Itsamia village, in the southeastern part of the island, were monitored daily for nesting activity from January 1999 to June 2007 and irregularly between August 2009 and December 2014; nesting success was recorded from 2000 to 2006. Nesting occurred year-round and peaked in the austral winter, from March through August, with the highest values in May. During the 7 yr period when nesting success was recorded, 63164 successful nestings were reported, and the total was 69630 when estimates of missing data were included. The average rate of nesting success was 0.49 (SD = 0.04, n = 7). Using the estimate of 3.03... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00266/37733/35745.pdf |
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