Comparison of the physical properties of two Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting beaches (Akyatan and Samandag) in the eastern Mediterranean (Reptilia: Cheloniidae)

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dc.authoridYalcin Ozdilek, Sukran/0000-0001-8264-7606
dc.authoridSonmez, Bektas/0000-0002-8190-409X
dc.contributor.authorSonmez, Bektas
dc.contributor.authorTuran, Cemal
dc.contributor.authorYalçın Özdilek, Şükran
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:38:52Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:38:52Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe physical properities of sea turtle nesting beaches may strongly influence embryo development and hence conservation planning. In this study, we compared the characteristics of two nesting beaches of Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas, at Akyatan and Samandag in southern Turkey. A total of 48 sand samples from 48 nests was examined and compared in respect to moisture content (M), temperature (TT), electrical conductivity (EC), salinity (S), total dissolved solution (TDS), pH, air ratio (AR), sand grain size together with distance from sea (DFS), depth (ND), incubation period (ID) and hatching success. Significant differences between the two areas were found in nest chamber moisture, conductivity, salinity, total dissolved solution and sand grain size. In a principal component analysis (PCA), the first component explained 45.1% of the variability and was dominated by the effects of the TDS, EC, S, pH and M. The second component explained 24.2 % of the variation and was dominated by the contributions of the TT, ID and ND. This is evidence that moisture plays a more important role than thermal properties in differentiating between the two beaches.
dc.description.sponsorshipMKU-BAP project [010D101]; MKU-BAP [010D101]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is part of a MKU-BAP project (Project no: 010D101), which was coordinated by the University of Mustafa Kemal and is part of the first author's PhD thesis. The authors wish to thank Sait Gursoy, Samet Erturk, M. Ali Sonmez, Ozgur Ahmet Gonenler and the District Governor of Samandag, Hatay Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry, for their support. The sand samples from Akyatan beach were collected within the framework of a protocol on sea turtle research and conservation between Adana Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry and WWF Turkey in 2008, whom we would like to thank.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09397140.2013.795061
dc.identifier.endpage38
dc.identifier.issn0939-7140
dc.identifier.issn2326-2680
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84881091206
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage30
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2013.795061
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23785
dc.identifier.volume59
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000319189700006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofZoology in The Middle East
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectNesting beaches
dc.subjectmarine turtle
dc.subjectincubation biology
dc.subjectChelonia mydas
dc.subjectAkyatan
dc.subjectSamandag
dc.subjectMediterranean Sea
dc.titleComparison of the physical properties of two Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting beaches (Akyatan and Samandag) in the eastern Mediterranean (Reptilia: Cheloniidae)
dc.typeArticle

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