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The effect of filtered roadway lighting on nesting by loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta L.).
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Pennell, Jeffrey P., Florida Atlantic University, Salmon, Michael, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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The purpose of this study was to determine if filtered street lighting affected the nesting behavior of loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta L.). My study site was a nesting beach at Carlin Park, Jupiter, Florida. During the 1999 nesting season, portions of the beach were either kept dark or were illuminated by four 70 W high-pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights, each housed in a cut-off fixture covered by an acrylic (model #2422) filter. These filters excluded all light wavelengths below...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if filtered street lighting affected the nesting behavior of loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta L.). My study site was a nesting beach at Carlin Park, Jupiter, Florida. During the 1999 nesting season, portions of the beach were either kept dark or were illuminated by four 70 W high-pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights, each housed in a cut-off fixture covered by an acrylic (model #2422) filter. These filters excluded all light wavelengths below 540 nm. The excluded wavelengths repel nesting females. Daily counts of nesting and non-nesting crawls were made. Data from the 1999 nesting season were compared to historical records of nesting at the site between 1990 and 1998. I found no evidence that filtered lights affected nesting densities, or the ratio of successful to unsuccessful crawls. These results suggest that at Carlin Park, the nesting behavior of loggerhead females is unaffected by exposure of the beach to filtered street lighting.
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Date Issued
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2000
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12720
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Subject Headings
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Loggerhead turtle, Sea turtles--Nests
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Document (PDF)
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Does allometric growth in juvenile marine turtles have survival benefits? A morphological test with a gape-limited predator.
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Scholl, Joshua, Salmon, Michael
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Date Issued
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2013-04-05
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361191
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Allometry, Marine turtles, Predators
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Document (PDF)
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Visual wavelength discrimination by the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta.
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Young, Morgan, Salmon, Michael, Forward, Richard B., Jr., Graduate College
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Date Issued
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2011-04-08
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164729
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Subject Headings
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Loggerhead turtle, Spectral sensitivity, Phototaxis
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Document (PDF)
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Ecological correlates of the abundance of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) on nearshore reefs in southeast Florida.
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Stadler, Melanie, Salmon, Michael, Roberts, Charles, Graduate College
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Date Issued
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2013-04-12
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361359
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Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, Reefs--Florida
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Determining the sensitive period for magnetic imprinting in loggerhead turtles.
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Pate, Jessica Hope, Salmon, Michael, Franquiz, Auriel, Graduate College
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Date Issued
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2013-04-12
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361335
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Subject Headings
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Loggerhead turtle, Geomagnetism, Imprinting
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Document (PDF)
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