Field lethal incubation temperature of olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea embryos at a mass nesting rookery

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-86

  Valverde, Roldán A ^a   Wingard, Susanna ^a   Gómez, Flor ^b   Tordoir, Mark T ^c   Orrego, Carlos M ^d  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^c Van Hall Institute ^*  (Netherlands)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arribada; Field lethal temperature; Incubation temperature; Lepidochelys olivacea; Mass nesting; Olive ridley; Ostional; Precipitation; Thermal tolerance range

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TURTLE;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; OSTIONAL BEACH;

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77955106431     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00296     Document Type: Article

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