Relative exposure index: An important factor in sea turtle nesting distribution

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-149

  Santana Garcon, J ^a   Grech, A ^a   Moloney, J ^a   Hamann, M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal management; Frenzy behaviour; Geographic information system (GIS); Hatchling dispersal; Marine turtle

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; GIS; HATCHING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; OCEANIC CURRENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; WIND WAVE;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77649170842     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1057     Document Type: Article

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