Thermal tolerances of sea turtle embryos: Current understanding and future directions

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-86

  Howard, Robert ^a   Bell, Ian ^b   Pike, David A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Embryonic development; Hatching success; Lethal thermal limits; Marine turtles; Metabolic heating; Thermal mortality; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMBRYO; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HATCHING DATE; MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84919708697     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00636     Document Type: Review

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