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SUBMITTER: Van Houtan KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4321145 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Houtan Kyle S KS Halley John M JM Marks Wendy W
Biology letters 20150101 1
Naturalists as early as Darwin observed terrestrial basking in green turtles (Chelonia mydas), but the distribution and environmental influences of this behaviour are poorly understood. Here, we examined 6 years of daily basking surveys in Hawaii and compared them with the phenology of local sea surface temperatures (SST). Data and models indicated basking peaks when SST is coolest, and we found this timeline consistent with bone stress markings. Next, we assessed the decadal SST profiles for th ...[more]