Two hundred years after a commercial marine turtle fishery: The current status of marine turtles nesting in the Cayman Islands

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-151

  Aiken, Jonathan J ^a   Godley, Brendan J ^a,b   Broderick, Annette C ^a,b   Austin, Timothy ^a   Ebanks Petrie, Gina ^a   Hays, Graeme C ^a,b  

^a Department of Environment ^*  (Cayman Islands)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial fishery; Conservation; Marine turtles; Monitoring; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; TURTLE;

CAYMAN ISLANDS;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0035030262     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2001.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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