Evaluation of density-dependent processes and green turtle Chelonia mydas hatchling production at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 326, Issue , 2006, Pages 283-293

  Tiwari, Manjula ^a,b   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a   Bolker, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Chelonia mydas; Costa Rica; Density dependent effects; Density independent effects; Green turtles; Hatchling production; Tortuguero

Indexed keywords

BEACH FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HATCHING; NESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LIMON; TORTUGUERO;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; NASUA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33845867437     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps326283     Document Type: Article

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