Biotic and abiotic factors affect the nest environment of embryonic leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 423-432

  Wallace, Bryan P ^a   Sotherland, Paul R ^b   Spotila, James R ^a   Reina, Richard D ^a,d   Franks, Bryan F ^a   Paladino, Frank V ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

EMBRYO; NEST; OXYGEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESSURE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4143136403     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420951     Document Type: Article

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