Comparison of the physical properties of two Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting beaches (Akyatan and Samandag) in the eastern Mediterranean (Reptilia: Cheloniidae)

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dc.authoridSonmez, Bektas/0000-0002-8190-409X
dc.authoridYalcin Ozdilek, Sukran/0000-0001-8264-7606
dc.contributor.authorSonmez, Bektas
dc.contributor.authorTuran, Cemal
dc.contributor.authorOzdilek, Sukran Yalcin
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:33:10Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:33:10Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe physical properities of sea turtle nesting beaches may strongly influence embryo development and hence conservation planning. In this study, we compared the characteristics of two nesting beaches of Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas, at Akyatan and Samandag in southern Turkey. A total of 48 sand samples from 48 nests was examined and compared in respect to moisture content (M), temperature (TT), electrical conductivity (EC), salinity (S), total dissolved solution (TDS), pH, air ratio (AR), sand grain size together with distance from sea (DFS), depth (ND), incubation period (ID) and hatching success. Significant differences between the two areas were found in nest chamber moisture, conductivity, salinity, total dissolved solution and sand grain size. In a principal component analysis (PCA), the first component explained 45.1% of the variability and was dominated by the effects of the TDS, EC, S, pH and M. The second component explained 24.2 % of the variation and was dominated by the contributions of the TT, ID and ND. This is evidence that moisture plays a more important role than thermal properties in differentiating between the two beaches.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMKU-BAP project [010D101]; MKU-BAP [010D101]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is part of a MKU-BAP project (Project no: 010D101), which was coordinated by the University of Mustafa Kemal and is part of the first author's PhD thesis. The authors wish to thank Sait Gursoy, Samet Erturk, M. Ali Sonmez, Ozgur Ahmet Gonenler and the District Governor of Samandag, Hatay Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry, for their support. The sand samples from Akyatan beach were collected within the framework of a protocol on sea turtle research and conservation between Adana Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry and WWF Turkey in 2008, whom we would like to thank.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09397140.2013.795061
dc.identifier.endpage38en_US
dc.identifier.issn0939-7140
dc.identifier.issn2326-2680
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84881091206en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage30en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2013.795061
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/11335
dc.identifier.volume59en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000319189700006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofZoology in The Middle Easten_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectNesting beachesen_US
dc.subjectmarine turtleen_US
dc.subjectincubation biologyen_US
dc.subjectChelonia mydasen_US
dc.subjectAkyatanen_US
dc.subjectSamandagen_US
dc.subjectMediterranean Seaen_US
dc.titleComparison of the physical properties of two Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting beaches (Akyatan and Samandag) in the eastern Mediterranean (Reptilia: Cheloniidae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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