Artificial lighting and disrupted sea-finding behaviour in hatchling loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) on the Woongarra coast, south-east Queensland, Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-145

  Berry, Megan ^a   Booth, David T ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

disorientation; sea turtle hatchling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHTNING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84880471919     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: 14465698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO13028     Document Type: Article

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