Persistent leatherback turtle migrations present opportunities for conservation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1408-1416

  Shillinger, George L ^a   Palacios, Daniel M ^b,c   Bailey, Helen ^c   Bograd, Steven J ^c   Swithenbank, Alan M ^a   Gaspar, Philippe ^d   Wallace, Bryan P ^e   Spotila, James R ^f   Paladino, Frank V ^g   Piedra, Rotney ^h   Eckert, Scott A ⁱ   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CLS   (France)

^e Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^h Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas   (Costa Rica)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; FISHERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; MARINE MAMMAL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURTLES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 48349108959     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060171     Document Type: Article

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