Coastal light pollution and marine turtles: Assessing the magnitude of the problem

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-98

  Kamrowski, Ruth L ^a   Limpus, Col ^b   Moloney, James ^a   Hamann, Mark ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial light; Coastal development; GIS analysis; Orientation; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; LIGHT POLLUTION; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 84872664444     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00462     Document Type: Article

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