Increase of a Caribbean leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea nesting population linked to long-term nest protection

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-194

  Dutton, Donna L ^a   Dutton, Peter H ^b   Chaloupka, Milani ^c   Boulon, Rafe H ^d  

^a Ocean Planet Research   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d National Park Service   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Dermochelys coriacea; DNA fingerprinting; Population trend; Recovery; Survival probabilities

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EXTINCTION RISK; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WORLD;

DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 23444444715     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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