[Coral-List] on many beaches, almost all turtle hatchlings are female

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 20:47:59 UTC 2019


In Florida and Australia and likely many other places.  Because higher
temperatures produce females, and global warming produces warmer beach
sand.  Doesn't bode well for the future of sea turtles.

https://blueocean.net/floridas-sea-turtles-are-overwhelmingly-female/

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Douglas Fenner
Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
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Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

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