Sea turtles nesting in the Sir Edward Pellew Islands, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-78

  Hamann, Mark ^a,b   Schäuble, Chloe ^a,b   Simon, Tom ^c   Johnson, Johnny ^c   Evans, Sammy ^c   Dorr, Tony ^a   Kennett, Rod ^a,d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Centre   (Australia)

^d NAILSMA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal knowledge; Flatback Turtle; Green Turtle; Management; Nesting; Northern Territory; Sea turtles; Sir Edward Pellew Islands

Indexed keywords

COAST; HATCHING; NESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEY; TURTLE;

ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARPENTARIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; NATATOR DEPRESSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33845797150     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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