Warming seas increase cold-stunning events for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in the northwest Atlantic

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Griffin, Lucas P, Griffin, Curtice R, Finn, John T, Prescott, Robert L, Faherty, Mark, Still, Brett Matthew, Danylchuk, Andy J
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2019
• Subjects: Ridley; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/nrs_facpubs/151; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211503; https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/nrs_facpubs/article/1152/viewcontent/Still_Brett.pdf

Since the 1970s, the magnitude of turtle cold-stun strandings have increased dramatically within the northwestern Atlantic. Here, we examine oceanic, atmospheric, and biological factors that may affect the increasing trend of cold-stunned Kemp’s ridleys in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States...