Beach erosion and nest site selection by the leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae) and implications for management practices at Playa Gandoca, Costa Rica
Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nest on dynamic, erosion-prone beaches.Erosive processes and resulting nest loss have long been presumed to be a hindrance to clutch survival.In order to better understand how leatherbacks cope with unstable nesting beaches, quadruple topical ointment for dogs I investigated the role of beach erosion i