TY  - GEN
AU  - Horne,C.R.
TI  - The Effect of Thermal Variance on the Phenotype of Marine Turtle Offspring 
SN  - 1522-2152
AV  - QL666 
PY  - 2014///
PB  - Unıv Chıcago Press
KW  - Turtles
KW  - Near East University Article
KW  - Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale
N2  - 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
UR  - http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/678238  
ER  -