The effect of incubation temperature on hatchling quality in the olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, from Alas Purwo National Park, East Java, Indonesia: Implications for hatchery management

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2651-2661

  Maulany, R I ^a,b   Booth, D T ^a   Baxter, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG; EMERGENCE; HATCHERY; HATCHING; INCUBATION; LOCOMOTION; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

EAST JAVA; INDONESIA;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84870381035     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2022-6     Document Type: Article

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