@article{article_833003, title={The first record of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting on the northernmost Aegean coast, Turkey}, journal={Natural and Engineering Sciences}, volume={5}, pages={198–203}, year={2020}, DOI={10.28978/nesciences.833003}, author={Yalçın Özdilek, Şükran and Kırbeci, Selma and Yalçın, Sevil and Altın, Aytaç and Uzatıcı, Ahmet and Tosunoğlu, Murat and Ayaz, Adnan and Öztekin, Alkan and Sönmez, Bektaş}, keywords={Caretta caretta, North Aegean Sea, Çanakkale, Gelibolu Peninsula, Sporadic nesting site}, abstract={This study presents the first documented evidence of a loggerhead turtle nest on the northernmost Aegean coast of Turkey which was found on the Gelibolu Peninsula of Çanakkale province, Turkey. The nest contains a total of 74 eggs; 50 of them produced hatchlings and 46 of those hatchlings reached to the sea safely. This record supports the idea that sea turtles search alternative nesting beaches as a result of climate change.}, number={3}, publisher={Cemal TURAN}