Protracted rainfall decreases temperature within leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) clutches in Grenada, West Indies: Ecological implications for a species displaying temperature dependent…

By J. Houghton, Andrew E. Myers, C. Lloyd, R. King, C. Isaacs, G. Hays. 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting (2013, background): “…reproduction because variation in temperature and moisture strongly influences the viability of incubating eggs (Ackerman, 1997; Packard, 1999; Houghton et al., 2007) and phenotypes of the offspring (Booth & Astill, 2001a; Glen et al., 2003), and ambient (air) temperatures correlate strongly…”
Impacts of climate change on the amphibians and reptiles of Southeast Asia (2010, background): “Similarly, mortality of reptiles and amphibians that lay their eggs on land may increase due to nest flooding and increased fungal growth on eggs (Kraemer and Bell 1980; Houghton et al. 2007).”
Past, current and future thermal profiles of green turtle nesting grounds: Implications from climate change (2010, background): “Similarly, we were unable to account for variation in sand temperature from a periodic rainfall and cyclonic events (as observed by Reed, 1980 and Houghton et al., 2007).”
Sand temperatures for nesting sea turtles in the Caribbean: Implications for hatchling sex ratios in the face of climate change (2016, background): “For example, mean sand temperatures at nest depths during nesting season were 29.0–31.0 °C in North Carolina, USA (De Gregorio and Southwood Williard, 2011), 29.5 and 32.2 °C for light and darkcoloured beaches respectively at Ascension Island (central Atlantic) (Godley et al., 2002); 30.3–32.4 °C in”
A potential tool to mitigate the impacts of climate change to the caribbean leatherback sea turtle (2012, background): “, 1995) and climatic conditions such as rainfall (Houghton et al., 2007).”