Population status and internesting movement of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, nesting on the northwest coast of Papua, Indonesia

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-36

  Hitipeuw, Creusa ^a   Dutton, Peter H ^b   Benson, Scott ^b   Thebu, Julianus ^a   Bakarbessy, Jacob ^c  

^a World Wide Fund for Nature Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c KSDA II Papua   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dermochelyidae; Dermochelys coriacea; Indonesia; Internesting movement; Jamursba Medi; Nesting trends; Papua; Reptilia; Sea turtle; Testudines; Threats; Wermon

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; RAJA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250705395     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[28:PSAIMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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