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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Egg chamber

The chamber constructed by a nesting turtle in the sand and into which the eggs will be deposited for incubation.

See also: nest   clutch

WWW References:

• Female leatherback turtle laying eggs into egg chamber
• Campus Egg Chamber Exercise

Citations:

• Billes, A. and Fretey, J. 2000. Le nid chez la tortue luth, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761). III. Aberrations dans le creusement. - Bulletin de la Societé Herpetologique de France 93: 3-19.
• Carthy, R. R., Foley, A. M. and Matsuzawa, Y. 2003. Incubation environment of loggerhead turtle nests: effects on hatching success and hatchling characteristics. - In: Bolten, A. B. and Witherington, B. E. (eds.), Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Smithsonian Press, pp. 144-154.

Entered by: Brendan Godley
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2004-12-13 17:01:11
Last modified: 2005-05-05 19:32:41