Sex and Sea Turtles: Impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Sex and Sea Turtles: Impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise (2 of 3)

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The majority of hatchlings in the sampling were female, suggesting that across the four seasons most nest temperatures were not sufficiently cool to produce males.

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Florida Atlantic University

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