Artificial light on water attracts turtle hatchlings during their near shore transit

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Thums, Michele ^a   Whiting, Scott D ^b   Reisser, Julia ^a,c   Pendoley, Kellie L ^d   Pattiaratchi, Charitha B ^a   Proietti, Maira ^e   Hetzel, Yasha ^a   Fisher, Rebecca ^a   Meekan, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Parks and Wildlife ^*  (Australia)

^c The Ocean Cleanup Foundation   (Netherlands)

^d PENDOLEY ENVIRONMENTAL PTY LTD   (Australia)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Coastal development; Green turtle; In water movement; Light pollution; VR2W positioning system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969164660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160142     Document Type: Article

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