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<journal-id>0034-7744</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. biol. trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7744</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-77442015000500383</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rbt.v63i1.23117</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Conservación y actividad reproductiva de tortuga lora ( Lepidochelys olivacea ) en la playa de anidación solitaria Punta Banco, Pacifico Sur de Costa Rica. Recomendaciones de manejo a través de dieciséis años de monitoreo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Conservation and reproductive activity of Olive Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) in Punta Banco, a solitary nesting beach in South Pacific Costa Rica: Management recommendations after sixteen years of monitoring]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viejobueno Muñoz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arauz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Randall]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Programa Restauración de Tortugas Marinas (PRETOMA)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Jose ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<fpage>383</fpage>
<lpage>394</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000500383&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000500383&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-77442015000500383&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se realizó un monitoreo de la actividad de anidación de tortugas marinas en Punta Banco, Pacífico Sur de Costa Rica, de forma ininterrumpida por diez y seis años, acompañado por actividades de conservación como la relocalización de los nidos en viveros. Se realizaron análisis de éxito de eclosión para nidos &#8220;in situ&#8221; y en vivero. Evaluamos por este medio la biología reproductiva de la tortuga lora (Lepidochelys olivacea), por mucho la tortuga más común que anida en Punta Banco (98% de las tortugas observadas). Entre 1996 y 2011, se llevó a cabo el monitoreo diario de las actividades de anidación de julio a diciembre. Marcamos un total de 1 239 tortugas L. olivacea y registramos 4 130 eventos de anidación. El total de anidaciones para L. olivacea varió de 239 en el año 1996 a 402 en 1999, mientras que el número de hembras avistadas varió de 18 en 1996 a 146 en 1999. Las hembras presentaron un largo curvo del caparazón promedio de 66.8cm y ancho curvo de caparazón promedio de 70.7cm. La media para el tamaño de las nidadas fue de 96.7 huevos, con una frecuencia de puesta observada de 1.07 nidos/hembra y un intervalo de puesta observado de 19.95 días. El éxito de eclosión de nidos &#8220;in situ&#8221; fue de 61.38%, mientras que el éxito de nidos relocalizados en viveros fue de 77.9%. La población de L. olivacea en Punta Banca muestra una tendencia positiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Sea turtle nesting activity was monitored in Punta Banco, South Pacific Costa Rica uninterruptedly for sixteen years, accompanied by conservation activities such as nest relocation in hatcheries. Hatching success evaluations were held for &#8220;in situ&#8221; and relocated nests. We hereby evaluate the reproductive biology of the olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), by far the most common turtle sea turtle nesting in Punta Banco (98% of observed turtles). Daily monitoring of nesting activities was held every year from July to December, from 1996 to 2011. We tagged a total of 1 239 turtles and recorded 4 130 nesting events. The number of recorded nesting events per nesting season ranged from 239 in 1996 to 402 in 1999, whereas the number of observed females ranged from 18 in 1996 to 146 in 1999. Nesting females had an average curved carapace length of 66.8cm and an average curve carapace width of 70.7cm. The average clutch size was 96.7, with an observed frequency of 1.07 nests/female and an nesting interval of 19.95 days. Hatching success of &#8220;in situ&#8221; nests was 61.38%, whereas hatching success for nests relocated into hatcheries was 77.9%. The L. olivacea population in Punta Banco beach displays a a positive trend. Rev. Biol. Trop. 63 (Suppl. 1): 383-394. Epub 2015 April 01.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[playa de anidación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lepidochelys olivacea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[costa pacífica de Costa Rica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Marine turtle]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nesting beach]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lepidochelys olivacea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pacific coast of Costa Rica]]></kwd>
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