Leatherback turtle nesting trends and threats at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-122

  Troëng, Sebastian ^a,b   Harrison, Emma ^a   Evans, Daniel ^a   De Haro, Andrea ^a   Vargas, Enrique ^a  

^a Caribbean Conservation and Sea Turtle Survival League   (Costa Rica)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250762724     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[117:LTNTAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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