Effects of projected changes in tropical cyclone frequency on sea turtles

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 412, Issue , 2010, Pages 283-292

  Fuentes, M M P B ^a   Abbs, D ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flatback turtle; Green turtle; Hawksbill turtle; Loggerhead turtle; Nesting grounds; Sea turtles; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NATURAL HAZARD; NESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; NATATOR; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77955961687     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08678     Document Type: Article

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