Incubation temperature effects on hatchling performance in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Fisher, Leah R ^a   Godfrey, Matthew H ^b,c   Owens, David W ^a  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARETTA CARETTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAWLING SPEED; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HATCHING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LOCOMOTION; LONG SWIM TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RIGHTING REFLEX; SAND; SEA TURTLE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE;

ANIMALS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

EID: 84919495320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114880     Document Type: Article

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