|
2nd ASEAN Symposium
and Workshop on
Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
|
SESSION
3: Beyond the Beach....
|
ABSTRACTS
|
Is bigger
better? The relationship
between size and survivorship in sea turtle hatchlings
Emma Gyuris
School of Tropical Environment
Studies and Geography, James Cook University, Australia
The results of preliminary investigations
into the relationship between hatchling size and hatchling survivorship
in coral reef habitats will be presented. I compared survivorship between
three size classes of hatchlings and found that bigger hatchlings have
significantly higher survivorship than smaller ones. However, increasing
hatchling size much beyond the size class that is normally produced may
result in diminishing returns in survivorship per unit of resource invested.
The implications of these preliminary findings for the biology of sea turtles
and for their management will be briefly explored. |
