Sea level rise, land use, and climate change influence the distribution of loggerhead turtle nests at the largest USA rookery (Melbourne Beach, Florida)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 493, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-274

  Reece, Joshua S ^a   Passeri, Davina ^b   Ehrhart, Llewellyn ^b   Hagen, Scott C ^b   Hays, Allison ^b   Long, Christopher ^b   Noss, Reed F ^b   Bilskie, Matthew ^b   Sanchez, Cheryl ^b   Schwoerer, Monette V ^b   Von Holle, Betsy ^b   Weishampel, John ^b   Wolf, Shaye ^c  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Center for Biological Diversity   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Bruun Rule; Caretta; Climate change; Coastal development; Sea level rise; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH EROSION; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NEST STRUCTURE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MELBOURNE BEACH; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84888859035     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10531     Document Type: Article

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