Low male production at the world’s largest green turtle rookery

Because the sex of all sea turtle hatchlings is determined by incubation temperature, with low temperatures producing mainly males and high temperatures producing mainly females, sea turtle populations worldwide are threatened by feminization of hatchlings due to increases in global temperature. Dat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) 2020-10, Vol.653, p.181-190
Hauptverfasser:	Booth, D. T., Dunstan, A., Bell, I., Reina, R., Tedeschi, J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aquatic reptiles Barrier reefs Chelonia mydas Females Feminization Hatching High temperature Incubation Incubation period Juveniles Laparoscopy Low temperature Males Nesting Nests Nursery grounds Populations Rookeries Sea turtles Seasons Sex Sex ratio Sexing Turtles
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