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      On clutch size and hatching success of the South American turtles Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) and P. unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Testudines, Podocnemididae)

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          Data on clutch size and hatching success of P. expansa were gathered for seven beaches traditionally used by the species and re-analyzed statistically by means of regression analysis, of the number of eggs on the number of females (or nests) and of the number of young on the number of eggs. All regressions were linear, passed through the origin and had excellent fits. Average clutch size varied from 75 to 123, and presented geographic differentiation: (i) Rio Orinoco, (ii) Rio Trombetas + Rio Branco and (iii) Rio Juruá + Rio Purus. Average hatching success was ca. 83%. In P. unifilis there was also geographic variation in clutch size, the Iquitos area showing the highest values. Hatching success of P. unifilis was uniformly high: only one sample, from Iquitos, had less than 90% success. The outstanding fit of the clutch size regressions leads one to consider egg volume variability, which was found to be high in both species, in contradiction with current optimal egg size theory.

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          Dados sôbre tamanho da ninhada e viabilidade dos ovos foram colhidos na literatura para 7 praias tradicionalmente usadas por P. expansa para reprodução, e re-analisados por análise de regressão, do número de ovos sobre o número de fêmeas (ou de ninhos) e de filhotes sobre ovos postos. Todas as regressões foram lineares, passando pela origem, e com altíssimos coeficientes de determinação. O tamanho médio da ninhada variou de 75 a 123, e mostrou diferenciação geográfica: (i) Rio Orenoco, (ii) Rio Trombetas + Rio Branco e (iii) Rio Juruá + Rio Purus. A viabilidade média não mostrou diferenciação geográfica, ficando em cerca de 83%. Em P. unifilis também houve diferenciação geográfica, as amostras da região de Iquitos tendo valores muito altos. A viabilidade média foi alta: apenas uma amostra, de Iquitos, teve sucesso inferior a 90%. Os altos valores do coeficiente de determinação levam à consideração do volume dos ovos, que se revelou muito variável em ambas espécies, em contradição com idéias correntes sobre teoria do volume ótimo dos ovos.

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                aabc
                Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
                An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.
                Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Rio de Janeiro )
                1678-2690
                December 2003
                : 75
                : 4
                : 415-430
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                [1 ] Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
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                S0001-37652003000400002
                10.1590/S0001-37652003000400002
                f7f8cfba-2712-4e2a-bea1-aeb31cf9db70

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                turtle reproduction,hatching success,clutch size,optimal egg-size theory,Podocnemis expansa,Podocnemis unifilis,reprodução de quelônios,viabilidade,tamanho da ninhada,teoria de tamanho ótimo do ovo

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