Survival of pelagic juvenile loggerhead turtles in the open ocean

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1830-1835

  Sasso, Christopher R ^a   Epperly, Sheryan P ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Caretta caretta; Known fate model; Loggerheads; Pelagic survival

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; JUVENILE; OPEN OCEAN; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38549164833     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-448     Document Type: Article

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