Do embedded roadway lights protect sea turtles?

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 702-710

  Bertolotti, Lesley ^a   Salmon, Michael ^b  

^a Water Resources Division   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial lighting; Caretta; Loggerhead; Orientation; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; STREET LIGHTING;

CARETTA; EMBEDDED LIGHTNING; EMBEDDED ROADWAY LIGHTS;

ROADWAY SUPPORTS;

LIGHT; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORIENTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FLORIDA; LIGHTING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 27744575881     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0288-2     Document Type: Article

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