Effects of Beach Nourishment on Sea Turtles: Review and Research Initiatives

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 95-104

  Grain, D Andrew ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; COMPACTION; HABITAT ALTERATION; NESTING; TURTLE;

CARETTA; CHELONIA; CHELYDRA; LEPIDOCHELYS;

EID: 0028978952     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.1995.tb00082.x     Document Type: Article

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