Fifteen years of Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting in Northern Brazil

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-228

  Marcovaldi, Maria A ^a   Lopez, Gustave G ^a   Soares, Luciano S ^a   Santos, Armando J B ^b   Bellini, Claudio ^c   Barata, Paulo C R ^d  

^a Fundacao Pro TAMAR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c Projeto TAMAR ICMBio   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cheloniidae; Conservation; Eretmochelys imbricata; Nesting; Reproduction; Reptilia; Sea turtle; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38549156135     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[223:FYOHST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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