Resilience of marine turtle regional management units to climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1399-1406

  Fuentes, Mariana M P B ^a   Pike, David A ^a   Dimatteo, Andrew ^b   Wallace, Bryan P ^c,d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic   (United States)

^c Oceanic Society   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Conservation planning; Expert opinion; Flatback turtle; Green turtle; Hawksbill turtle; Leatherback turtle; Loggerhead turtle; Olive ridley turtle; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; TURTLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; NATATOR; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84875921195     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12138     Document Type: Article

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