Do costal erosion and urban development threat loggerhead sea turtle nesting? Implications for sandy beach management

Do costal erosion and urban development threat loggerhead sea turtle nesting? Implications for sandy beach management

Nest beach selection by sea turtles at a regional scale may depend on upper shore environmental cues. Thus, the variability of sandy beach conditions, including coastal erosion rates and urban development can affect their nesting ecology. Almost half of worldwide sandy beaches are suffering from ero...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Lopes Costa, Eduardo Manuel Rosa Bulhões, João Pedro Almeida Caetano, Vitor Figueira Arueira, Daniella Torres de Almeida, Tatiane Bittar Vieira, Leandro Jorge Telles Cardoso, Ilana Rosental Zalmon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
nest ecology
marine turtle
habitat loss
hatchling
nest translocation
urbanization
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1242903/full

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