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The nesting success of green turtles on beaches at Kazanli, Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Stephanie J. Coley  and
Andrew C. Smart
Stephanie J. Coley
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LEI 7RH, UK.
Andrew C. Smart
Affiliation:
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, UK.
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The green turtle Chelonia mydas is one of two marine turtle species to nest in Turkey. Its three main nesting beaches are in eastern Turkey, with possibly the densest congregation of nesting turtles in the Mediterranean being found at Kazanli. However, beach erosion, hatchling predation, agricultural encroachment and chemical pollution mean that the future of the Kazanli nest site is uncertain. The Turkish Society for the Protection of Nature (Dogal Hayati Koruma Dernegi) is making valiant efforts to protect all the turtle nesting beaches in Turkey but lacks detailed information on the numbers of nesting turtles on many beaches. This paper describes a short study of nesting turtles at Kazanli during 1990 and makes recommendations for the conservation of the nesting beach.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , July 1992 , pp. 165 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1992

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