Spatial and temporal distribution of Sea Turtles in the Western North Atlantic and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey (MRFSS)

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 50-56

  Braun McNeill, Joanne ^a   Epperly, Sheryan P ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPORT FISHING; SURVEY; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 2942682899     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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