Effect of North Atlantic climate variability on hawksbill turtles in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 412, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-109

  Del Monte Luna, Pablo ^a   Guzmán Hernández, Vicente ^b   Cuevas, Eduardo A ^c   Arreguín Sánchez, Francisco ^a   Lluch Belda, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Laguna de Términos Col Playa Norte ^*  (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; Chelonians; Climate cycles; Marine populations

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CYCLE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MEXICO;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84155171264     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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