Ceriani, Simona A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4798-4786
Brost, Beth
Meylan, Anne B.
Meylan, Peter A.
Casale, Paolo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2534-6158
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund
Marisla Foundation
Article History
Received: 10 November 2020
Accepted: 29 January 2021
First Online: 4 March 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national and institutional guidelines for handling sea turtle eggs have been followed and all necessary approvals have been obtained. The research conducted for this project was undertaken with the authority and under the supervision of SA Ceriani and AB Meylan as Sea Turtle Nesting Program Coordinators for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the institution responsible for regulating sea turtle monitoring and conservation and issuing permits in Florida. Research activity and data collection in Panama were authorized under a series of permits from Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente and Ministerio de Ambiente, the most recent (2016) being SE/A-54–16.
: Consent for participation is not applicable to this study as there were no human test subjects.