Nest Location and Clutch Success of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Shidvar Island, Iran

Ruhollah Zare; Mahdieh Eftekhar Vaghefi; Stephanie Jill Kamel

doi:10.2744/CCB-1003.1

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Ruhollah Zare,¹ Mahdieh Eftekhar Vaghefi,² Stephanie Jill Kamel³

¹Department of Marine Biology, Chabahar Maritime University, Shahid Rigi Boulevard, Chabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran ; [ ] ru_zare@yahoo.com
²University of Marine Science and Technology, Khoramshahr, Kuye Behruz, Khoramshahr, Khuzestan, Iran; [ ] eftekhar_mah@yahoo.com
³Center for Population Biology, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616 USA; [ ] sjkamel@ucdavis.edu

Abstract

We investigated nest-site characteristics and clutch success of hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting on Shidvar Island, Hormozgan Province, in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We found that hawksbills tended to cluster their nests at a specific elevation above sea level, and that emergence success was highest in nests nearest to this preferred elevation, declining at higher and lower elevations. These results suggest that elevation might be an important cue for nest-site selection in this population.

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Ruhollah Zare, Mahdieh Eftekhar Vaghefi, and Stephanie Jill Kamel "Nest Location and Clutch Success of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Shidvar Island, Iran," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(2), 229-234, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-1003.1

Received: 7 March 2012; Accepted: 1 May 2012; Published: 1 December 2012

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