Leatherback turtle, dermochelys coriacea, hatching success at jamursba-medi and wermon beaches in papua, Indonesia

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-158

  Tapilatu, Ricardo F ^a   Tiwari, Manjula ^b  

^a Marine Laboratory   (Indonesia)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; SUIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250756647     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[154:LTDCHS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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