Table 1 Evidence of sporadic nests recorded in the western and central Mediterranean.

From: Sporadic nesting reveals long distance colonisation in the philopatric loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

Code

Site

Description

Date

Hs

Eg

Tª

Id

Of

Habitat

Predicted Hs

Reference

1950–2000

2020

2050

2080

N1

Mar Menor (Spain)

Possible nest

1870

—

—

—

 

—

Good

35.9

+10

+5

+5

48

N2

Ebro delta (Spain)

Dead embryo

09/1990

—

—

—

—

—

Moderate

21.7

+10

+10

+10

47

N3

Vera (Spain)

Full nest

27/07/2001

43.3

97

—

58

10–72

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+5

Present study41

N4

Baia Domizia (Italy)

Full nest#

11/07/2002

49.4

92

27.5

64

0–22

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

Present study39

N5

Palombaggia (France)

4 shells, 2 eggs

20/11/2002

—

—

—

—

—

Marginal¢

14.5

+10

+10

+10

40

N6

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest#

04/06/2002

69.5

128

—

77

0–0

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N7

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest#

20/06/2002

71.3

94

—

69

0–5

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N8

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest

20/06/2002

90.8

130

—

73

0–2

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N9

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest#

04/07/2002

64.5

138

—

65

0–16

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N10

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest#

11/07/2002

99.1

106

—

64

0–21

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N11

Marina di Camerota (Italy)

Egg remains

17/10/2004

—

—

—

—

—

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N12

Sain Tropez (France)

Full nest

18/07/2006

0

141

22–28

—

0§

Marginal

14.5

+10

+10

+10

42

N13

Puzol (Spain)

Full nest#

11/08/2006

36.8

>78

—

>50

—

Moderate

21.7

+10

+10

+10

Present study38

N14

Premià de Mar (Spain)

Full nest

27/10/2006

68.3

82

—

—

—

Marginal

14.5

+10

+10

+10

Present study38

N15

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest#

19/07/2006

67.3

110

28.8

57

10–85

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N16

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest#

23/07/2006

85.1

94

28.8

56

10–93

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N17

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest

07/08/2006

92.6

94

27.9

67

0–10

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N18

Conigli (Italy)

Full nest#

26/08/2006

0

85

26.7

—

0§

Good

79.6 γ

0

−5

−15

Present study67

N19

Ogliastro (Italy)

Full nest#

26/07/2006

33.3

93

27.1

73

0–16

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N20

Lucrino (Italy)

Full nest#

15/07/2008

92.2

115

34.5

46

100–100

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N21

Malgrat de Mar (Spain)

Full nest

01/10/ 2011

70.8

120

—

—

—

Marginal

14.5

+10

+10

+10

Present study

N22

Ogliastro (Italy)

Full nest

28/08/2012

75.3

73

—

—

—

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N23

Palinuro (Italy)

Full nest

18/08/2013

62.1

132

—

—

—

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N24

Palinuro (Italy)

Full nest

15/07/2013

99.0

96

28.9

56

15–93

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N25

Battipaglia (Italy)

Full nest

12/10/2013

—

110

—

—

—

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N26

Palinuro (Italy)

Full nest

06/12/2013

Predated

48

—

—

—

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N27

Alicante (Spain) ω

Full nest#

30/6/2014

79

131

29.1

59

3–57

Moderate

21.7

+10

+10

+10

Present study

N28

Tarragona (Spain)

Full nest#

31/10/2014

0.0

89

—

—

0§

Marginal

14.5

+10

+10

+10

Present study

N29

Tarragona (Spain)

Full nest

30/10/2014

62.1

58

—

—

—

Marginal

14.5

+10

+10

+10

Present study

N30

Acciaroli (Italy)

Full nest

30/07/2014

95.8

118

28.4

60

7–50

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N31

Capaccio (Italy)

Full nest

25/08/2014

91.5

117

—

—

—

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N32

Torrevieja (Spain)

Full nest#

31/07/2015

52.9

85

—

69

0–5

Moderate

21.7

+10

+10

+10

Present study

N33

Pulpi (Spain)

Full nest#

17/07/2015

32.5

80

—

53.5

87–100

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

Present study

N34

Marina di Camerota (Italy)

Full nest

19/06/2015

83.0

99

31.1

50

90–100

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N35

Marina di Camerota (Italy)

Full nest

07/07/2015

80.0

60

—

58

22–72

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N36

Ascea Marina (Italy)

Full nest#

18/07/2015

80.5

87

29.0

56

20–93

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N37

Eboli (Italy)

Full nest

28/08/2015

Predated

—

—

—

—

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N38

Marina di Camerota (Italy)

Full nest

29/07/2015

89.3

56

29.9

58

10–95

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N39

Ascea Marina (Italy)

Full nest

29/07/2015

78.2

55

29.1

57

30–85

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

N40

Ascea Marina (Italy)

Full nest#

30/07/2015

25.9

58

29.2

62

0–59

Good

35.9

+10

+10

+10

64

  1. Review of the evidence of sporadic nesting of the loggerhead turtle in the western and central Mediterranean and summary of the data collected in each report. Hs: hatchling success (%); Eg: number of eggs reported; Tª: mean temperature reported, Id: incubation duration (days); Of: minimum and maximum estimated percentage of female offspring using Id and four different models73,100,101,102 with the corresponding corrections when needed103; Habitat: habitat suitability as predicted in the literature63 and classified in quartiles as Excellent, Good, Moderate and Marginal; Predicted Hs: present and future Hatchling succes as predicted in the literature77, future values are expressed as the expected percentage of variation related to current values. (#) Nest relocated or incubated; (ω) Nest laid at San Juan, (Alicante) and relocated to a protected beach ~200 km north (Valencia), in the same place as nest (N13) (Fig. 1); (§) All the eggs died; (¢) No habitat modelling available for this area so the value of the closest modelled area is reported; (γ) No modelling data on hatchling success specifically reported for Lampedusa Island, so predictions for this site may not be accurate.
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