Temporal changes in artificial light exposure of marine turtle nesting areas

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2437-2449

  Kamrowski, Ruth L ^a   Limpus, Col ^b   Jones, Rhondda ^a   Anderson, Sharolyn ^c   Hamann, Mark ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial light; Conservation planning; GIS analysis; Marine turtles; Population resilience; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS; LIGHT POLLUTION; NESTING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHELONIIDAE; NATATOR; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LIGHTING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURTLES;

EID: 84903791622     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12503     Document Type: Article

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