Spawning Summary

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Fecundity
Spawning of Eretmochelys imbricata
Main Ref:	Márquez, M.R., 1990
Data Ref.:	Márquez, M.R., 1990
Country:	Australia
Spawning ground:	coastal
Locality:	Torres Strait, Australia
Season:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Season:	111	111										111
Sex ratio:	% Ref.:
Temperature:	- °C
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	min			(g)			(cm)
	max			(g)			(cm)
Spawning Cycles:	(1/y)						Ref:
Comment:
Gestation period:	2 - 2 month/s
Gestation period:	Ref.: Márquez, M.R., 1990
Length of offspring:	3.23000001907349 - 4.07000017166138 cm
Length of offspring:	Ref.: Márquez, M.R., 1990 1397 Márquez, M.R., 1990 Min Ref.: Márquez, M.R., 1990 Max Ref.: Márquez, M.R., 1990
Relative Fecundity:	oocytes/g Mean: oocytes/g
Relative Fecundity:	Min Ref.: Max Ref.: Mean Ref.:
Fecundity/length relationship ( F = a * L ^b):
	Size	(cm)
	n
	a
	b
	r
Batch spawners
Daily spawning frequency	- Mean:
Daily spawning frequency	Min Ref.: Max Ref.: Mean Ref.:
Comments:	In Torres Strait, Eggs per clutch ranges from 89 to 192 eggs with a mean of 161 for 64 clutches. While in Campbell Island, egg diameter ranges from 3.23 to 4.07 cm with a mean 3.64 for 47 clutches, 470 eggs. Duration of incubation lasts from 52 - 57 days with a mean of 55 days for transplanted nests. Carapace length and body mass record of hatchlings ranges from 3.82 to 4.38 cm with a mean of 4.11 cm; 12.7 to 16.8 g with a mean of 14.3 g for 7 clutches, 70 hatchlings, respectively.
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