Influence of tide variations on the emergences of Caretta caretta in the island of Boavista (Cape Verde islands, Western Africa)

• Main Authors: Madariaga, Begoña, Díaz Merry, A., Ordi, D. del, López, Óscar, Ballell-Valls, Lluis, Abella Pérez, Elena, Gracia, M., Borrás, S., Herraiz, L., Cejudo, Daniel, Varo-Cruz, Nuria, López-Jurado, Luis Felipe
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: 24 Ciencias de la vida; 2401 Biología animal (zoología); 240116 Herpetología; Buff; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/21029

The island of Boavista (Republic of Cape Verde, Western Africa) is located in front of Senegal (Fig. 1). Here we find one of the most important nesting colonies of Caretta caretta in North Atlantic Ocean (López-Jurado and Andreu 1998). Reproduction biology of this population is been a part of a cons...