Potential impacts of projected sea-level rise on sea turtle rookeries

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Fuentes, M M P B ^a   Limpus, C J ^b   Hamann, M ^a   Dawson, J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Great barrier reef; Green turtles; Habitat loss; Reef island; Sea turtles; Sea level rise; Torres strait

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOODING; HABITAT LOSS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURTLE; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77649149816     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1088     Document Type: Article

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