The effects of artificial beach nourishment on marine turtles: Differences between loggerhead and green turtles

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-307

  Brock, Kelly A ^a   Reece, Joshua S ^b   Ehrhart, Llewellyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Compaction; Disorientation; Green turtle; Hatching success; Loggerhead; Marine turtles; Nest placement; Reproductive success; Shoreline restoration

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HATCHING; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 62349094186     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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