Updated on August 15, 2020
Loggerhead Turtles of the Mediterranean Sea: 25 Nests in Campania, A Surprising Discovery from the Nest Monitoring of this Year
References
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Extra Materials for Curious Ones!
- More on Sea Turtle Biology:
- Loggerhead Turtle Facts:
https://www.seaturtlestatus.org/loggerhead-turtle
- Online Map and Sea Turtle Database from SWOT (The State of The World’s Sea Turtles):
http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot
- A great overview of Sea Turtles of the Mediterranean Sea:
https://www.seaturtlestatus.org/articles/2019/1/31/sea-turtles-of-the-mediterranean-sea
- Increased hatching of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in Southern Italy, 2016:
