Climate change and sea turtles: A 150-year reconstruction of incubation temperatures at a major marine turtle rookery

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 642-646

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Glen, Fiona ^a   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascension Island; Climate change; Global warming; Reptile; Sex determination; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; INCUBATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037627756     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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