Seasonal fluctuations in sand temperature: Effects on the incubation period and mortality of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) pre-emergent hatchlings in Minabe, Japan

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 639-646

  Matsuzawa, Yoshimasama ^a,b,d   Sato, K ^c   Sakamoto, W ^a   Bjorndal, K A ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Sea Turtle Association of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

JAPAN;

AMPHIBIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036941240     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0724-2     Document Type: Article

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