Antigua revisited: The impact of climate change on sand and nest temperatures at a hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting beach

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2036-2045

  Glen, F ^a   Mrosovsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Antigua; Caribbean; Hawksbill; Metabolic heating; Sea turtles; Sex ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; NEST SITE; SEX ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANTIGUA; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PASTURE BAY; WORLD;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 10944265032     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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