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Recent research on sea turtles

Godfrey, Matthew and Hamann, Mark (2005) Recent research on sea turtles. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter (2). p. 11.

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Abstract

Sea turtle hatchlings usually emerge from their nests at night. They find their way to the ocean using visual cues; they move towards the brighter horizon and away from darker silhouettes. On natural beaches, the brightest horizon is the one over the ocean, due to reflection of starlight. The landward horizon usually has a dark silhouette formed by the dune and/or tree line. However, beaches that have a lot of human development usually have artificial light (from homes, businesses, hotels, highways, parking lots, etc.) that reaches the beach from landward side at night. Under these conditions, hatchlings often mistakenly move towards the artificial lights because they are brighter than the horizon over the ocean.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: India, Turtle, Nesting, Research and Development, Hatchling, Conservation, Endangered Species
Subjects: Right to Resources
Depositing User: Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited: 13 May 2022 10:30
Last Modified: 13 May 2022 10:30
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13938

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