Nesting Pattern, Clutch Size Variation, and Estimates of Female Population Size in the Sarawak Green Sea Turtle Chelonia Mydas.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Nesting Pattern, Clutch Size Variation, and Estimates of Female Population Size in the Sarawak Green Sea Turtle Chelonia Mydas. |
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Author :
C.H. Diong, S.S.L. Lim and C.M.U. Leh |
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Abstract:
Nesting and clutch size data collection for the stock of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) which nests on the shores of three uninhabited islands, Talang Talang Besar, Talang Talang Kechil, and Satang Besar off the southwestern coast of Sarawak, Malaysia, has been initiated for many decades (Harrisson, 1969; Hendrickson, 1958; Chin, 1975; Leh, 1985, 1994; Mortimer, 1990). In recent years, the collection of data was carried out more intensively. In this paper, we analyze the nesting activity and clutch data collected over the three consecutive breeding seasons from May 1995 to October 1997 with the following two objectives; (i) to describe turtle nesting pattern, mean clutch size and clutch size variations over three consecutive breeding seasons, and (ii) to estimate the size of the stock of mature female turtles as a function of remigration interval and internesting frequency. The implications of nesting records for managing the existing stock of sea turtle are discussed.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
C.H Diong et al. (1999). Nesting Pattern, Clutch Size Variation, and Estimates of Female Population Size in the Sarawak Green Sea Turtle Chelonia Mydas. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LIV (75): 309-318 |
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