Proxy indicators of sand temperature help project impacts of global warming on sea turtles in northern Australia

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-40

  Fuentes, M M P B ^a   Maynard, J A ^b,c   Guinea, M ^d   Bell, I P ^e   Werdell, P J ^f   Hamann, M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Global warming; Hatching success; Sea turtles; Sex ratio; Temperature; Torres strait

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAND; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; TORRES STRAIT;

CHELONIIDAE; RUBUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 71849085017     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00224     Document Type: Article

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