Mortality of olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea due to incidental capture in fishing nets along the Orissa coast, India

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-36

  Pandav, B ^a,b   Choudhury, B C ^a   Kar, C S ^c  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Office of the DFO ^*  (India)

^c Office of the DFO   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

BY-CATCH; ENDANGERED SEA TURTLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHING NETS; MORTALITY; OLIVE RIDLEY; TURTLES;

INDIA, ORISSA;

EID: 0030620563     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1997.d01-1.x     Document Type: Review

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