Abundance and distribution of the endangered loggerhead turtle in Spanish Mediterranean waters and the conservation implications

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-206

  Gómez de Segura, Amaia ^a   Tomas J ^a,b   Pedraza, S N ^c   Crespo, E A ^c   Raga, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b L'Oceanogràfic ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial survey; Distribution; Loggerhead turtle; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33645805039     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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