Some of them came home: The Cayman Turtle Farm headstarting project for the green turtle Chelonia mydas

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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-148

  Bell, Catherine D L ^a,c   Parsons, Joe ^b   Austin, Timothy J ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^c   Ebanks Petrie, Gina ^a   Godley, Brendan J ^c  

^a Department of Environment ^*  (Cayman Islands)

^b Cayman Islands Turtle Farm Ltd   (Cayman Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cayman; Chelonia mydas; Green turtle; Headstarting

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HATCHING; TAGGING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN BRAC; CAYMAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; NICARAGUA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33645785705     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000372     Document Type: Article

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