Abstract:In nesting areas with extreme climatic conditions, such as high temperatures, it is advisable to use mitigation strategies that counteract these negative effects on the hatching success of sea turtle nests. We evaluated the effect of incubation treatment on hatching success and incubation period for olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea during the 2019 nesting season in Guerrero, Mexico. Three incubation treatments (T1 = shade & freshwater irrigation; T2 = shade, seawater pre-irrigation, sand covered & fr… Show more
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