The world's largest leatherback rookeries: A review of conservation-oriented research in French Guiana/Suriname and Gabon

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-82

  Fossette, Sabrina ^a   Kelle, Laurent ^b   Girondot, Marc ^c,d   Goverse, Edo ^e   Hilterman, Maartje L ^f   Verhage, Bas ^g   de Thoisy, Benoît ^h   Georges, Jean Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b WWF Guianas   (French Guiana)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Netherlands Committee for IUCN   (Netherlands)

^g WWF Gabon ^*  (Gabon)

^h Association Kwata   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

At sea ecology; Atlantic ocean; Conservation; Dermochelys coriacea; Nesting; Review

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL AFRICA; FRENCH GUIANA; GABON; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SURINAME;

DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA;

EID: 39549111125     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.024     Document Type: Article

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