A global analysis of anthropogenic development of marine turtle nesting beaches
dc.contributor.author | Biddiscombe, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, EA | |
dc.contributor.author | Hawkes, LA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-16T15:22:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-05-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that sea levels will rise by up to 0.82 m in the next 100 years. In natural systems, coastlines would migrate landwards, but because most of the world's human population occupies the coast, anthropogenic structures (such as sea walls or buildings) have been constructed to defend the shore and prevent loss of property. This can result in a net reduction in beach area, a phenomenon known as "coastal squeeze", which will reduce beach availability for species such as marine turtles. As of yet, no global assessment of potential future coastal squeeze risk at marine turtle nesting beaches has been conducted. We used Google Earth satellite imagery to enumerate the proportion of beaches over the global nesting range of marine turtles that are backed by hard anthropogenic coastal development (HACD). Mediterranean and North American nesting beaches had the most HACD, while the Australian and African beaches had the least. Loggerhead and Kemp's ridley turtle nesting beaches had the most HACD, and flatback and green turtles the least. Future management approaches should prioritise the conservation of beaches with low HACD to mitigate future coastal squeeze. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 12 (9), article 1492 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/RS12091492 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/124755 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_GB |
dc.subject | Google Earth | en_GB |
dc.subject | climate change | en_GB |
dc.subject | coastal management | en_GB |
dc.subject | habitat loss | en_GB |
dc.subject | anthropogenic development | en_GB |
dc.subject | remote sensing | en_GB |
dc.subject | marine vertebrates | en_GB |
dc.title | A global analysis of anthropogenic development of marine turtle nesting beaches | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-16T15:22:53Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from MDPI via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2072-4292 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Remote Sensing | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-05-05 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-05-08 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-02-16T15:21:39Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-02-16T15:23:15Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.depositException | publishedGoldOA |
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