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Diagram of a clutch of turtle eggs surrounded by a buried PVC pipe frame. Each frame had either magnets or aluminium bars attached to it. The shaded area surrounding and above the eggs indicates the approximate area typically excavated by a nesting turtle and filled in with sand after egg deposition. See text for details.
