Sea level rise to impact about 90
percent of coastal freshwater turtles
Date: March 26, 2018
Source: University of California - Davis
Ninety percent of the world's
coastal freshwater turtle species are expected to be affected by sea level rise
by 2100, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.
The study, published in Early
View online today in the journal Biological Reviews, is the first
comprehensive global assessment of freshwater turtles that frequent brackish,
or slightly salty, waters. The study may help guide conservation strategies for
turtles.
"About 30 percent of coastal
freshwater species have been found or reported in a slightly saltwater
environment," said lead author Mickey Agha, a UC Davis graduate student in
associate professor Brian Todd's lab in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation
Biology. "But they tend to live within a low-level range of salinity. If
sea level rise increases salinity, we don't yet know if they'll be able to
adapt or shift their range."
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