- Şükran Yalçın Özdilek
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Sea Turtles Research and Application Center (DEKUM), Çanakkale,Turkey
- Selma Kırbeci
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Graduate Education Institute Terzioğlu Campus 17100 Merkez,Çanakkale,Turkey
- Sevil Yalçın
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Sea Turtles Research and Application Center (DEKUM), Çanakkale,Turkey
- Aytaç Altın
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Sea Turtles Research and Application Center (DEKUM), Çanakkale,Turkey
- Ahmet Uzatıcı
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Sea Turtles Research and Application Center (DEKUM), Çanakkale,Turkey
- Murat Tosunoğlu
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Sea Turtles Research and Application Center (DEKUM), Çanakkale,Turkey
- Adnan Ayaz
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Sea Turtles Research and Application Center (DEKUM), Çanakkale,Turkey
- Alkan Öztekin
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Sea Turtles Research and Application Center (DEKUM), Çanakkale,Turkey
- Bektaş Sönmez
Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Suşehri Timur Karabal Vocational School, 58600, Suşehri, SİVAS, Turkey
bektass@gmail.com
Volume 5 - No: 3
The first record of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting on the northernmost Aegean coast, Turkey
Keywords: Caretta caretta, North Aegean Sea, Çanakkale, Gelibolu Peninsula, Sporadic nesting site
Abstract
This study presents the first documented evidence of a loggerhead turtle nest on the northernmost Aegean coast of Turkey which was found on the Gelibolu Peninsula of Çanakkale province, Turkey. The nest contains a total of 74 eggs; 50 of them produced hatchlings and 46 of those hatchlings reached to the sea safely. This record supports the idea that sea turtles search alternative nesting beaches as a result of climate change.