Discovery of a regionally important green turtle Chelonia mydas rookery in Syria

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Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 456-459

  Rees, Alan F ^a,d   Saad, Adib ^b   Jony, Mohammad ^c  

^a Solomou   (Greece)

^b General Establishment of Fisheries   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c Directorate of Agriculture   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Conservation; Green turtle; Loggerhead turtle; Nesting; Rookery; Syria

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLUTCH SIZE; NEST SITE; NESTING; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LADHIQIYAH; LATAKIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 47049092216     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308000926     Document Type: Article

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