Estimates of survival probabilities for oceanic-stage loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Atlantic

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 732-736

  Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a   Martins, Helen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

AMPHIBIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0038296765     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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