Estimating clutch frequency in the sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea using stopover duration

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 317, Issue , 2006, Pages 285-295

  Rivalan, Philippe ^a   Pradel, Roger ^b   Choquet, Rémi ^b   Girondot, Marc ^a   Prévot Julliard, Anne Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Dermochelys coriacea; Estimated Clutch Frequency; Leatherback sea turtles; Observed Clutch Frequency; Population size; Relative index; Stopover duration; Survey effort; Total Clutch Frequency

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; STOPOVER; TURTLE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33747602798     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps317285     Document Type: Article

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