The effects of nest incubation temperature on embryos and hatchlings of the loggerhead sea turtle: Implications of sex difference for survival rates during early life stages

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• 作者：Shohei Kobayashi^a ; Maoko Wada^b ; Ryohei Fujimoto^b ; Yoshinori Kumazawa^c ; Katsuhiko Arai^a ; Gen Watanabe^d ; Tomomi Saito^b ; ^{t-saito@kochi-u.ac.jp}
• 关键词：Loggerhead sea turtle ; Incubation temperature ; Emergence success ; Locomotor performance ; Survival rate ; Sex difference
• 刊名：Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：486
• 期：Complete
• 页码：274-281
• 全文大小：530 K
• 卷排序：486

文摘

The sex of sea turtle species is determined by the incubation temperatures. Incubation temperature affected the mortality rates of the embryos. Incubation temperature affected the hatchling locomotor performances. These factors are likely to result in the sex difference of survival rates.