IMPACT OF SARGASSUM ACCUMULATIONS ON LOGGERHEAD HATCHLING RECRUITMENT TO NEARSHORE WATER ON A RAKED URBAN NESTING BEACH IN FLORIDA.

Hatchling loggerhead turtles emerge from subsurface nests on the beach at night, crawl down the beach and enter the sea. Recently, increases in a floating algae (Sargassum) has been reported in the mid-Atlantic and the Caribbean, resulting in large algal wrack on Florida beaches. The purpose of my s...

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Other Authors: Schiariti, Joshua P. (author)
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Florida Atlantic University
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Online Access:http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013806