Status of nesting loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta at Bald Head Island (North Carolina, USA) after 24 years of intensive monitoring and conservation

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Hawkes, Lucy A ^a,c,d   Broderick, Annette C ^a,d   Godfrey, Matthew H ^b,e   Godley, Brendan J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^c Bald Head Island Conservancy   (United States)

^d Marine Turtle Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^e North Carolina Sea Turtle Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald Head Island; Caretta caretta; Logger head turtle; Monitoring; Nesting; USA

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; NATURE CONSERVATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

BALD HEAD ISLAND; CAPE FEAR BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33646004592     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000116     Document Type: Article

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