Effects of nest depth, shading, and metabolic heating on nest temperatures in sea turtle hatcheries

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-215

  Van De Merwe, Jason ^a,c   Ibrahim, Kamarruddin ^a,b   Whittier, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Turtle and Marine Ecosystem Centre TUMEC   (Malaysia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Cheloniidae; Hatcheries; Malaysia; Metabolic heating; Nest depth; Nest temperature; Reptilia; Sea turtle; Shading; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846136940     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2006)5[210:EONDSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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