Vulnerability of marine turtles to climate change

ES Poloczanska, CJ Limpus, GC Hays - Advances in marine biology, 2009 - Elsevier
Marine turtles are generally viewed as vulnerable to climate change because of the role that
temperature plays in the sex determination of embryos, their long life history, long age-to …

Critical approaches to sex determination in sea turtles

T Wibbels, PL Lutz, JA Musick… - The biology of sea …, 2003 - books.google.com
Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) was first reported in 1966 in a lizard. 1
Since that time it has been shown to occur in a wide variety of reptiles, including all …

Global research priorities for sea turtles: informing management and conservation in the 21st century

M Hamann, MH Godfrey, JA Seminoff, K Arthur… - Endangered species …, 2010 - int-res.com
Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid
population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non …

Climate change and marine turtles

LA Hawkes, AC Broderick, MH Godfrey… - Endangered Species …, 2009 - int-res.com
Marine turtles occupy a wide range of terrestrial and marine habitats, and many aspects of
their life history have been demonstrated to be closely tied to climatic variables such as …

Investigating the potential impacts of climate change on a marine turtle population

LA Hawkes, AC Broderick, MH Godfrey… - Global change …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Recent increases in global temperatures have affected the phenology and survival of many
species of plants and animals. We investigated a case study of the effects of potential …

Predicting the impacts of climate change on a globally distributed species: the case of the loggerhead turtle

MJ Witt, LA Hawkes, MH Godfrey… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.biologists.com
Marine turtles utilise terrestrial and marine habitats and several aspects of their life history
are tied to environmental features that are altering due to rapid climate change. We overview …

Status review of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Engangered Species Act

JA Seminoff, CD Allen, GH Balazs, PH Dutton, T Eguchi… - 2015 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The Green Turtle Status Review Team (SRT) has undertaken a review consistent with
section 4 (a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), using the best available scientific …

Climate change and sea turtles: a 150‐year reconstruction of incubation temperatures at a major marine turtle rookery

GC Hays, AC Broderick, F Glen… - Global Change …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Sea turtles show temperature dependent sex determination. Using an empirical relationship
between sand and air temperature, we reconstructed the nest temperatures since 1855 at …

Temperature-dependent sex determination and global change: are some species at greater risk?

V Hulin, V Delmas, M Girondot, MH Godfrey, JM Guillon - Oecologia, 2009 - Springer
In species with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), global climate change may
result in a strong sex ratio bias that could lead to extinction. The relationship between sex …

Effects of rising temperature on the viability of an important sea turtle rookery

JO Laloë, J Cozens, B Renom, A Taxonera… - Nature Climate …, 2014 - nature.com
A warming world poses challenges for species with temperature-dependent sex
determination, including sea turtles, for which warmer incubation temperatures produce …