First report of courtship and mating behavior by loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California Sur, México

dc.creator	Merino-Zavala,Ana Sofía
dc.creator	Reséndiz,Eduardo
dc.creator	Hernández-Gil,Yoalli
dc.creator	Lara-Uc,María Mónica
dc.date	2018-03-01
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-03T13:28:18Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-03T13:28:18Z
dc.identifier	https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2018000100237
dc.identifier.uri	http://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/88413
dc.description	ABSTRACT Courtship and mating behavior are important life cycle aspects of marine turtles not easily observed by researchers. A pair of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) was documented circling, attempting and successfully mounting in the Gulf of Ulloa, Mexico. This type of activity is part of an already described courtship and mating behavior for other sea turtle species; however, this is the first report of open-ocean courtship and mating behavior by loggerheads in the Northern Mexican Pacific Ocean.
dc.format	text/html
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation	10.3856/vol46-issue1-fulltext-25
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Latin american journal of aquatic research v.46 n.1 2018
dc.subject	Caretta caretta
dc.subject	sea turtle
dc.subject	animal conduct
dc.subject	reproduction
dc.subject	Baja California Peninsula
dc.subject	Mexico
dc.title	First report of courtship and mating behavior by loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Gulf of Ulloa, Baja California Sur, México