Balancing artificial light at night with turtle conservation? Coastal community engagement with light-glow reduction

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-181

  Kamrowski, Ruth L ^a   Sutton, Stephen G ^a   Tobin, Renae C ^a   Hamann, Mark ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

behaviour; community engagement; conservation; constraints; light pollution; marine turtles

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; LIGHTING; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRATEGIC MATERIALS; SURVEYS;

BEHAVIOUR; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; CONSTRAINTS; LIGHT POLLUTION; MARINE TURTLES;

CONSERVATION;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84928700712     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892914000216     Document Type: Article

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