a Record control number WOS:000345865800003

a ISSN 1522-2152

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number QL666

b Item number .E34 2014

a Personal name Horne, C. R.

a Title The Effect of Thermal Variance on the Phenotype of Marine Turtle Offspring

h Medium Electronic Document

c Statement of responsibility, etc W. J. Fuller, B. J. Godley, K. A. Rhodes, R. Snape, K. L. Stokes, A. C. Broderick

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Unıv Chıcago Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.

a Summary, etc Temperature can have a profound effect on the phenotype of reptilian offspring, yet the bulk of current research considers the effects of constant incubation temperatures on offspring morphology, with few studies examining the natural thermal variance that occurs in the wild. Over two consecutive nesting seasons, we placed temperature data loggers in 57 naturally incubating clutches of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta and found that greater diel thermal variance during incubation significantly reduced offspring mass, potentially reducing survival of hatchlings during their journey from the nest to offshore waters and beyond. With predicted scenarios of climate change, behavioral plasticity in nest site selection may be key for the survival of ectothermic species, particularly those with temperature-dependent sex determination.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Turtles

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Main entry heading Physıologıcal and Bıochemıcal Zoology

g Relationship information Nov-Dec 2014, Vol.87 Issue:6 p.796-804

x International Standard Serial Number 15222152

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/678238