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The Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ): mating, nesting and hatching on a farm
Author(s) -
Simon Marlin H.,
Ulrich Glenn F.,
Parkes Alan S.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1975.tb02242.x
Subject(s) - biology , rookery , hatching , stocking , fishery , mariculture , mating , turtle (robot) , ecology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , aquaculture , population , demography , sociology
The collection of eggs from wild rookeries for incubation and hatching on the Mariculture Ltd farm on Grand Cayman Island, BWI, was described in the previous paper. It was realized, however, that this method of stocking the farm must sooner or later be superseded by the production of farm‐laid eggs, and at an early stage a start was made on the task of establishing a breeding colony. The necessary collection of adult turtles and progress in breeding to the end of 1973 is described in the present paper.