Impacts of coastal development on hawksbill hatchling survival and swimming success during the initial offshore migration

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 394-401

  Harewood, Asanchia ^a   Horrocks, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Artificial light; Moon phase; Predation; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; MIGRATION; MOON; NESTING; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; TURTLE; WAVE ENERGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 39649097435     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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