Changed reproductive schedule of eastern Pacific leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea following the 1997-98 El Niño to La Niña transition

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Reina, Richard D ^a   Spotila, James R ^b   Paladino, Frank V ^c   Dunham, Arthur E ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermochelys coriacea; El Ni o La Ni a; Leatherback turtle; Ocean productivity; Population ecology; Reproductive schedule

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; LA NINA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TURTLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; PACIFIC COAST [COSTA RICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

ANIMALIA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68149137401     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00098     Document Type: Article

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