Nesting Biology and Site Selection of Olive Ridley—A Coherence of Nature  

作　　者：Arun Malarvizhi P. M. Mohan Arun Malarvizhi;P. M. Mohan(Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University of Campus, Port Blai, India)

机构地区：[1]Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology, Pondicherry University of Campus, Port Blai, India

出　　处：《Open Journal of Marine Science》2023年第2期29-39,共11页海洋科学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：Nesting behaviour of sea turtles remains a subject to study, due to their enigmatic pattern of seasonal breeding activities. In the present study, characteristics of the breeding turtle, Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) at Ramnagar along N-E coast of North Andaman Islands were investigated, for the nesting periods 2016-2017. Olive Ridley is the dominant sea turtles, with more than 300 individuals nesting every season with at least a 75% hatching success rate. It is one of the conducive, highly protective and undisturbed nesting sites for Olive Ridley on North Andaman coast. In the present study an initiative is made, to identify nature’s cues and the biological characteristics of Olive Ridley, which leads it to nest at Ramnagar beach, with a high hatchling success rate.Nesting behaviour of sea turtles remains a subject to study, due to their enigmatic pattern of seasonal breeding activities. In the present study, characteristics of the breeding turtle, Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) at Ramnagar along N-E coast of North Andaman Islands were investigated, for the nesting periods 2016-2017. Olive Ridley is the dominant sea turtles, with more than 300 individuals nesting every season with at least a 75% hatching success rate. It is one of the conducive, highly protective and undisturbed nesting sites for Olive Ridley on North Andaman coast. In the present study an initiative is made, to identify nature’s cues and the biological characteristics of Olive Ridley, which leads it to nest at Ramnagar beach, with a high hatchling success rate.

关 键 词：Sea Turtle Olive Ridley Ramnagar Beach Nesting Beach Sand Grain Hatch-ling North Andaman 

分 类 号：S86[农业科学—野生动物驯养]