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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Is the Spanish coast within the regular nesting range of the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)?

Juan Antonio RagaFerran AlegrePatricia GozalbesCarla ÁLvarezDiana PerdigueroJesús TomásManel Gazo

subject

Mediterranean climateFisherySea turtleMediterranean seaOceanographybiologyAquatic environmentRange (biology)Nesting (computing)Context (language use)Aquatic Sciencebiology.organism_classificationLoggerhead sea turtle

description

We report the information on loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting events which occurred on the Spanish Mediterranean coast in 2006. Two clutches of 78 and 82 eggs were discovered in the provinces of Valencia (eastern Spain) and Barcelona (north-eastern Spain). We discuss the increasing number of reports of sea turtle nests in Spain within the context of the nesting range of this species in the Mediterranean Sea.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2008-07-22Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315408001768