Turtle nesting on adjacent nourished beaches with different construction styles: Pinellas county, Florida

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Davis Jr , Richard A ^a   FitzGerald, Megan V ^a   Terry, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Pinellas County Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Compaction; Cone penetrometer; Turtle nesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345004151     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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