Sex Ratio Estimations of Loggerhead Sea Turtle Hatchlings at Kuriat Islands, Tunisia: Can Minor Nesting Sites Contribute to Compensate Globally Female-Biased Sex Ratio?

Table 2

Mean temperature in study nests and adjacent sand during different incubation periods. IP, incubation period. The data loggers in sand adjacent to nests 6 and 8 in Great Kuriat were lost.

Nest	In nest				In sand
	Total IP	First third IP	Middle third IP	Last third IP	Total IP	First third IP	Middle third IP	Last third IP
GK4	29.68	27.97	29.29	30.68	28.90	27.84	28.92	29.25
GK6	29.03	28.19	28.98	29.88	—	—	—	—
GK7	27.46	27.76	27.55	27.10	27.99	28.55	28.08	27.37
GK8	28.24	28.60	28.04	28.08	—	—	—	—
SK4	28.49	27.68	28.59	29.08	28.16	28.10	28.38	28.00
SK5	28.13	27.62	28.82	27.99	27.14	27.13	27.38	26.91
SK6	28.78	28.42	28.89	28.97	28.37	28.70	28.67	27.79