Survival probability estimates for large juvenile and adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) exposed to an artisanal marine turtle fishery in the western Caribbean

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-103

  Campbell, Cathi L ^a,b,c   Lagueux, Cynthia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Band recovery; Caribbean; Chelonia mydas; Green turtle; Nicaragua; Survival rates; Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTISANAL FISHERY; FEMALE; FISHERY SURVEY; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; TAGGING; TURTLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LIMON; NICARAGUA; TORTUGUERO;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 28444476537     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-26     Document Type: Article

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