Sea turtle conservation in Ubatuba, southeastern Brazil, a feeding area with incidental capture in coastal fisheries

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-101

  Gallo, Berenice M G ^a   Macedo, Suami ^b   Giffoni, Bruno De B ^a   Becker, Jose Henrique ^a   Barata, Paulo C R ^c  

^a Rua Antônio Athanazio da Silva   (Brazil)

^b Projeto TAMAR IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Cheloniidae; Community based; Conservation; Dermochelyidae; Dermochelys coriacea; Eretmochelys imbricata; Feeding area; Fishing; Incidental capture; Reptilia; Sea turtle; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33744477623     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2006)5[93:STCIUS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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