Status of marine turtles in British Columbia waters: A reassessment

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-76

  McAlpine, Donald F ^a   Orchard, Stan A ^b,d   Sendall, Kelly A ^b   Palm, Rod ^c  

^a NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^c Box 213   (Canada)

^d World Wide Fund for Nature   (Australia)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Chelonia mydas; Dermochelys coriacea; Green Turtle; Leatherback Turtle; Status

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TURTLE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 12244300141     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i1.885     Document Type: Article

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