Abstract:
A total of 54 nests were excavated and analyzed from nests that had undergone
incubation more than 60 days to determine the hatch success and hatch failure of green
turtle nest at Chagar Hutang, Redang Island. Among those, 43 nests were in-situ nests
while 11 nests were relocated nests. The latter were relocated when they were attacked by
ants during incubation. The average hatch success at in-situ nests was 75.75% (n=
43,
±28.60) whereas the average hatch success in relocated nests was 68.33% (n=
l l, ±42.41)
both ranging from 0% to I 00% in values. Among the eggs that had been predated upon in
in-situ nests, the main predator was ants, 58.49% followed by ghost crabs, 25.47%,
maggot, 13.21 % and plant root with 2.83%. But in relocated nests the trend was different
with ghost crabs being the main predator (49.23%) followed by maggot (26.15%) and
ants, 24.62%. The relocated nests had no plant root infiltration (0%).
