Trends in the abundance of sea turtles resident in southern Great Barrier Reef waters

Biological Conservation

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-249

  Chaloupka, Milani ^a   Limpus, Colin ^b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Foraging grounds; Great Barrier Reef; Sea turtles; Sex ratios; Transients

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034757627     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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