Seasonality and numbers of green turtles Chelonia mydas nesting on the Pitcairn Islands |
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Authors: | M de L BROOKE |
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Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ |
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Abstract: | During 1991 and 1992 the first regular field observations of green turtles, Chelonia mydas , on the Pitcairn Islands (South Pacific) revealed that nesting occurs only on Henderson where about 10 females laid eggs (c. 1% of the French Polynesian population). Substrates on Pitcairn and Ducie Atoll are unsuitable for nesting and no signs of nesting were found on Oeno Atoll where the terrain appears suitable. |
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Keywords: | French Polynesia turtle nesting |
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