The effects of nest environment on calcium mobilization by leatherback turtle embryos (Dermochelys coriacea) during development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-162

  Bilinski, Joseph J ^a   Reina, Richard D ^b   Spotila, James R ^b   Paladino, Frank V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium mobilization; Costa Rica; Dermochelys coriacea; Developmental success; Eggs; Embryos; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENT; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; SAND; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

EID: 0034908476     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00374-9     Document Type: Article

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