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Green turtle nesting on Trindade Island, Brazil: abundance, trends, and biometrics

2011; Inter-Research; Volume: 14; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/esr00357

1863-5407

AP Almeida, LMP Moreira, SC Bruno, JCA Thomé, Agnaldo Silva Martins, Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal,

Amphibian and Reptile Biology

ESR Endangered Species Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials ESR 14:193-201 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00357 Green turtle nesting on Trindade Island, Brazil: abundance, trends, and biometrics Antonio de Padua Almeida1,*, Luciana M. P. Moreira1,2, Soraya Christina Bruno3, João Carlos A. Thomé1, Agnaldo S. Martins2,4, Alan B. Bolten5, Karen A. Bjorndal5 1Projeto TAMAR-ICMBio, Cx Postal 105, Linhares, ES 29900-970, Brazil 2Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas. Av. Marechal Campos, 1468, Maruípe, Vitória, ES 29040-090, Brazil ³Fundação Pró-TAMAR, Av. Paulino Miller, m 1111, Jucutuquara, Vitória, ES 29040-715, Brazil 4Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Programa de Pós-graduação em Oceanografia Ambiental, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Campus de Goiabeiras, Vitória, ES 29075-910, Brazil 5Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA *Email: tonim@tamar.org.br ABSTRACT: Green turtles Chelonia mydas nesting at Trindade Island, 1140 km off the coast of Brazil, were monitored discontinuously from 1982/83 to 2008/09. For 7 years during this period, the majority of nesting was monitored, and the number of nests deposited on Trindade varied from 1333 to 5261. Based on these nest counts, Trindade is among the most important known Atlantic nesting sites for green turtles. The population remained stable between 1991 and 2008. Data on female body size, clutch size, internesting intervals, remigration intervals, and hatching success are also presented. KEY WORDS: Sea turtle · Chelonia mydas · Nesting · Biometrics · Atlantic Ocean · Brazil · Trindade · Population size Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Almeida AP, Moreira LMP, Bruno SC, Thomé JCA, Martins AS, Bolten AB, Bjorndal KA (2011) Green turtle nesting on Trindade Island, Brazil: abundance, trends, and biometrics. Endang Species Res 14:193-201. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00357 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in ESR Vol. 14, No. 3. Online publication date: August 31, 2011 Print ISSN: 1863-5407; Online ISSN: 1613-4796 Copyright © 2011 Inter-Research.