High mortality of loggerhead turtles due to bycatch, human consumption and strandings at Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2003 to 2007

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 171-183

  Peckham, S Hoyt ^a,b   Maldonado Diaz, David ^b   Koch, Volker ^c   Mancini, Agnese ^c   Gaos, Alexander ^b   Tinker, M Tim ^a   Nicholas, Wallace J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Grupo Tortuguero de Las Californias   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Ocean Revolution   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Length frequency; Loggerhead sea turtle; Marine conservation; Mass mortality; Poaching; Small scale fisheries; Strandings; Wildmeat

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FAUNA; MORTALITY; POACHING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 55449101096     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00123     Document Type: Article

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