Short-term behavioural responses to thermal stress by hawksbill turtles in the Arabian region

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 457, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-198

  Pilcher, Nicolas J ^a   Perry, Lisa ^b   Antonopoulou, Marina ^b   Abdel Moati, Mohamed A ^c   Al Abdessalaam, Thabit Zahran ^d   Albeldawi, Mohammad ^e   Al Ansi, Mehsin ^f   Al Mohannadi, Salman Fahad ^e   Baldwin, Robert ^g,h   Chikhi, Ahmed ^e   Das, Himansu Sekhar ^d   Hamza, Shafeeq ^f   Kerr, Oliver J ^b   Al Kiyumi, Ali ⁱ   Mobaraki, Asghar ^j   Al Suwaidi, Hana Saif ^k   Al Suweidi, Ali Saqar ^l   Sawaf, Moaz ^b   Tourenq, Christophe ^b   Williams, James ^a   Willson, Andrew ^g,h   more..

^a Marine Research Foundation   (Malaysia)

^b Emirates Wildlife Society (EWS) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Ministry of Environment   (Qatar)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Ras Laffan Industrial City   (Qatar)

^f QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^g Environment Society of Oman   (Oman)

^h Five Oceans Environmental Services LLC   (Oman)

ⁱ Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs   (Oman)

^j Department of Environment ^*  (Iran)

^k Herpetology and Freshwater Fishes   (United Arab Emirates)

^l Emirates Marine Environment Group   (United Arab Emirates)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change; Eretmochelys imbricata; Hawksbill turtles; Persian Arabian Gulf; Thermal stress; Thermoregulatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899926256     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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