Effects of local climate on loggerhead hatchling production in Brazil: Implications from climate change.

ABSTRACT: Sea turtle eggs are heavily influenced by the environment in which they incubate, including effects on hatching success and hatchling viability (hatchling production). It is crucial to understand how the hatchling production of sea turtles is influenced by local climate and how potential changes in climate may impact future hatchling production. Generalized Additive Models were used to determine the relationship of six climatic variables at different temporal scales on loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchling production at seventeen nesting beaches in Bahia, Espirito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Using extreme and conservative climate change scenarios throughout the 21^st century, potential impacts on future hatching success (the number of hatched eggs in a nest) were p

SUBMITTER: Montero N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586835 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature