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Heat, Health And Hatchlings: Associations Of In Situ Nest Temperatures With Morphological And Physiological Characteristics Of Loggerhead Sea Turtle Hatchlings From Florida, Kelsey Alexandra Fleming, Justin R. Perrault, Nicole I. Stacy, Christina M. Coppenrath, Alison M. Gainsbury
Heat, Health And Hatchlings: Associations Of In Situ Nest Temperatures With Morphological And Physiological Characteristics Of Loggerhead Sea Turtle Hatchlings From Florida, Kelsey Alexandra Fleming, Justin R. Perrault, Nicole I. Stacy, Christina M. Coppenrath, Alison M. Gainsbury
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
Incubation temperatures, in addition to an embryo’s genetic makeup, are critical in many aspects of adequate sea turtle embryonic development. The effects of high and low incubation temperatures on hatchling quality have been previously examined; however, many of these studies were conducted on relocated or laboratory-reared nests, which do not accurately reflect natural nest temperature fluctuations. To observe the impacts of varying in situ incubation temperatures on loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchling morphology, various health variables and locomotor performance, temperature data loggers were deployed in 15 loggerhead nests on Juno Beach, Florida, between May and July 2018. Over the …