Warm water and cool nests are best. How global warming might influence hatchling green turtle swimming performance.

For sea turtles nesting on beaches surrounded by coral reefs, the most important element of hatchling recruitment is escaping predation by fish as they swim across the fringing reef, and as a consequence hatchlings that minimize their exposure to fish predation by minimizing the time spent crossing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David T Booth, Andrew Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3149641?pdf=render

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