Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Hatching Success as a Function of Microbial Abundance and the Microenvironment of In Situ Nest Sand at Ostional, Costa Rica

Figure 3

Mean nest temperature throughout the incubation period in nests located in the high-density, tidal-wash, and low-density nesting areas of the beach (). The field lethal incubation temperature is indicated with a horizontal grey dashed line (35°C, Valverde et al., 2010). Nest temperatures were significantly lower in the tidal-wash area in the first and the second half of incubation ( and , resp.).