How well do embryo development rate models derived from laboratory data predict embryo development in sea turtle nests?

ABSTRACT: Development rate of ectothermic animals varies with temperature. Here we use data derived from laboratory constant temperature incubation experiments to formulate development rate models that can be used to model embryonic development rate in sea turtle nests. We then use a novel method for detecting the time of hatching to measure the in situ incubation period of sea turtle clutches to test the accuracy of our models in predicting the incubation period from nest temperature traces. We found that all our models overestimated the incubation period. We hypothesize three possible explanations which are not mutually exclusive for the mismatch between our modeling and empirically measured in situ incubation period: (1) a difference in the way the incubation period is calculated in laboratory da

SUBMITTER: Booth DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9305169 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature