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http://dx.doi.org/10.13000/JFMSE.2012.24.4.507

Environmental Conditions as Accidental Nesting Place of Seaturtle Located in Jeju Island of Korea  

Jung, Min-Min (National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
Moon, Dae-Yeon (Marine Biodiversity Institute)
Kim, Seong-Ho (National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
Kim, Heung-Soo (National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
Kim, Jae-Woo (National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
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Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education / v.24, no.4, 2012 , pp. 507-515 More about this Journal
Abstract
Jungmun beach was confirmed only one beach as a nesting place of seaturtles in Jeju of South Korea. We investigated the environment conditions for nesting of seaturtles (sites 1, 2) to target as the spawning grounds of accidental nesting place. Sand temperatures of beaches at 5 cm above and 10, 30 and 50 cm below the surface of beach were measured at intervals of approximately 10 days during June to December. These data indicated that the optimum (over $25^{\circ}C$) sand temperature for spawning and hatching of seaturtles in the sites 1 and 2 from June 23 to September 29, 2008 and from June 23 to October 17, 2008, respectively. Also, maintained the optimum coastal water temperature (above $20^{\circ}C$) for seaturtles maintained from June 23 to November 17, 2008. Therefore, Jungmun beach could be the possible spawning grounds of accidental nesting place, where the landed seaturtles and hatched young seaturtles could be survived successfully.
Keywords
Accidental nest; Jeju; Jungmun; Seaturtle;
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