Temperature-dependent sex determination of Ascension Island green turtles

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 226, Issue , 2002, Pages 115-124

  Godley, B J ^a   Broderick, A C ^a   Glen, F ^a   Hays, G C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Environmental sex determination; Marine turtle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

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

EID: 0037204137     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps226115     Document Type: Article

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