Competitive interactions between artificial lighting and natural cues during seafinding by hatchling marine turtles

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-316

  Tuxbury, Susan M ^a   Salmon, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat restoration; Orientation; Photopollution; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LIGHT; ORIENTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TURTLE; VISUAL CUE;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4344676240     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.04.022     Document Type: Article

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