Population Viability of Sea Turtles in the Context of Global Warming

• Published in: Bioscience Vol. 71; no. 8; pp. 790 - 804
• Main Authors: MAURER, ANDREW S., SEMINOFF, JEFFREY A., LAYMAN, CRAIG A., STAPLETON, SETH P., GODFREY, MATTHEW H., REISKIND, MARTHA O. BURFORD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Aquatic reptiles; Attrition (Research Studies); Biographies; Climate; Climate change; Climate effects; Correlation; Eggs; Embryos; Environmental changes; Environmental impact; Genetic diversity; Global warming; Growth rate; Lethal effects; Life history; Males; Mortality; Offspring; Overview Articles; Periodicity; Population; Population dynamics; Population growth; Population viability; Ratios; Reproduction (biology); Sea turtles; Sex; Sex ratio; Species; Sublethal effects; operational sex ratio; thermal tolerance; effective population size; temperature-dependent sex determination; climate change

Sea turtles present a model for the potential impacts of climate change on imperiled species, with projected warming generating concern about their persistence. Various sea turtle life-history traits are affected by temperature; most strikingly, warmer egg incubation temperatures cause female-biased...