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As sea levels rise, sea turtles may see 87% decline in critical habitat on Bioko Island

07.29.20 | PLOS

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Thanks to sea level rise, sea turtles could see a 87 percent decline in "critically important" nesting habitat on the beaches of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, by 2100.

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Article Title: Predicting the impacts of sea level rise in sea turtle nesting habitat on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Funding: HESS Equatorial Guinea, Inc. (SH, #208369, https://www.hess.com/operations ) and Purdue University Fort Wayne Schrey professorship (FP) provided funding for this project. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interests: Funding for this work was provided by HESS Equatorial Guinea, Inc. as a grant to Purdue University Fort Wayne under Dr. Frank Paladino. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0222251

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APA:
PLOS. (2020, July 29). As sea levels rise, sea turtles may see 87% decline in critical habitat on Bioko Island. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8J4M5MYL/as-sea-levels-rise-sea-turtles-may-see-87-decline-in-critical-habitat-on-bioko-island.html
MLA:
"As sea levels rise, sea turtles may see 87% decline in critical habitat on Bioko Island." Brightsurf News, Jul. 29 2020, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8J4M5MYL/as-sea-levels-rise-sea-turtles-may-see-87-decline-in-critical-habitat-on-bioko-island.html.