Monitoring and conservation of critically reduced marine turtle nesting populations: Lessons from the Cayman Islands

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-47

  Bell, Catherine D ^a,b   Solomon, J L ^a   Blumenthal, J M ^a,b   Austin, T J ^a   Ebanks petrie, G ^a   Broderick, A C ^b   Godley, B J ^b  

^a Department of Environment ^*  (Cayman Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Caretta caretta; Caribbean; Chelonia mydas; Conservation; Habitat degradation; Population management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846708520     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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