Annual variation in nesting numbers of marine turtles: The effect of sea surface temperature on re-migration intervals

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 742-746

  Solow, Andrew R ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^b   Bolten, Alan B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Costa Rica; Green turtles; Re migration interval; Recruitment; Survival; Tortuguero

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036847745     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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