Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Year:
2008
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
140 p.
Call Number
EL
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34606
Legacy PEIN ID:
74607
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Turtle - Conservation - Australia
Sea turtles - Population - Management - Australia
Marine resources - Conservation - Australia
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Living marine resources
Hawksbill turtles
Turtle conservation
Marine resources - Australia
Australia
Abstract
Cheloniid turtles are characterised by a complicated life history: their eggs are laid on warm beaches; hatchling sex is determined temperature dependent sex determination during embryonic development; lack of parental care; hatchlings are imprinted to the natal area; hatchlings disperse to feed on plankton in the pelagic environments followed by inshore recruitment to feed on benthic organisms; immature turtles have slow growth and delayed maturation; adults migrate to breed in their respective natal area; they lay multiple clutches in a breeding season but dot normally breed annually; adults display high fidelity to both their respective breeding and the feeding areas and have an extended adult life (Hirth. 1997).
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Year:
2008
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
140 p.
Call Number
EL
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34606
Legacy PEIN ID:
74607
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 01-May-2008
Record Modified: 10-Aug-2021