Occurrence of hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata (Reptilia: Cheloniidae), near the Baja California Peninsula, México

Pacific Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^a   Nichols, Wallace J ^b,c   Resendiz, Antonio ^d   Brooks, Louise ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Wildcoast Intl Conservation Team   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Instituto nacional de Pesca (INAPESCA)   (Mexico)

^e MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIBIA; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037225499     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2003.0008     Document Type: Article

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