Martins, SamirFerreira-Veiga, NádiaRodrigues, ZuleikaQuerido, AdélcioLoureiro, Nuno de SantosFreire, KátiaAbella, ElenaOujo, CarolinaMarco, Adolfo2021-10-282021-10-282021http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17261This paper evaluated the efficiency of beach hatcheries as a conservation tool for threatened sea turtle clutches. During six nesting seasons (2013 to 2018), several thousand high-risk clutches from loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) were relocated to a hatchery constructed on the same beach, within the Sea Turtle Natural Reserve (STNR, Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde). Some parameters like hatching success; incubation period, hatchlings’ morphology and their behavioral response were compared to in-situ clutches.porLoggerhead turtleEgg mortalityClutch relocationConservationCabo Verdejournal article10.1016/j.mex.2021.1015182215-0161