Cause-specific temporal and spatial trends in green sea turtle strandings in the Hawaiian Archipelago (1982-2003)

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 887-898

  Chaloupka, Milani ^a   Work, Thierry M ^b   Balazs, George H ^c   Murakawa, Shawn K K ^c   Morris, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRANDING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 44649133782     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0981-4     Document Type: Article

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