Distribution and abundance of marine turtles in the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3703-3720

  Hamann, Mark ^a,b   Cuong, Chu The ^a,c   Hong, Nguyen Duy ^d   Thuoc, Pham ^e   Thuhien, Bui Thi ^a  

^a IUCN Vietnam Office   (Viet Nam)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Haiphong Institute of Oceanology   (Viet Nam)

^d Natural Computation Group   (Viet Nam)

^e Research Institute for Marine Fisheries   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Abundance; Conservation status; Distribution; Marine turtles; Threats; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE SURVEY; CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846092747     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-4880-4     Document Type: Article

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