Is climate change affecting the population dynamics of the endangered Pacific loggerhead sea turtle?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 136-143

  Chaloupka, Milani ^a   Kamezaki, Naoki ^b   Limpus, Colin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Loggerhead sea turtle; Nesting trends; Pacific; SST

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL WARMING; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 39549099302     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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