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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Relocation

Variations: translocation, relocated

The removal of an organism from one site and placing it in another. Sea turtle nests that are laid too close to the ocean or in a dangerous section of beach are often relocated to safer areas (either on the beach or into a hatchery).

See also: hatchery   in situ

WWW References:

• Hatching Success of Wave-Tossed Loggerhead Turtle Eggs
• A Very Interesting Nest

Citations:

• Schouten, A. D., Weijerman, M., van Tienen, L. H. G. and Hoekert, W. E. J. 1997. Relocations of sea turtle nests of Lepidochelys olivacea, Dermochelys coriacea, and Chelonia mydas in the Galibi Nature Reserve, Suriname. - Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region 73: 63-69.
• Eckert, K. L. and Eckert, S. A. 1990. Embryonic mortality and hatch success in in situ and translocated leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea eggs. - Biological Conservation 53: 37-46.

Entered by: Michael Coyne
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2004-12-14 00:19:08
Last modified: 2010-05-21 00:01:35