Aerial and snorkelling census techniques for estimating green turtle abundance on foraging areas: A pilot study in Mayotte Island (Indian Ocean)

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-198

  Roos, David ^a   Pelletier, Dominique ^a   Ciccione, Stéphane ^b   Taquet, Marc ^a   Hughes, George ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Centre d'Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines de la Réunion   (France)

^c Centre d'Étude et de Découverte des Tortues Marines de la Réunion ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Aerial survey; Chelonia mydas; Foraging habitats; Green turtle; Snorkelling survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; TURTLE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MAYOTTE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CHELONIA MYDAS; HALOPHILA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 22544447716     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2005021     Document Type: Article

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