Evaluating the impacts of coastal squeeze on sea turtle nesting

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-145

  Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Matsinos, Giannis ^b   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RISK PERCEPTION; SEA LEVEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVELS;

CARETTA; CARRYING CAPACITIES; CONSERVATION MEASURES; DENSITY DEPENDENCES; DENSITY DEPENDENTS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; HABITAT LOSS; NESTING HABITATS; NESTING SITES; PACKING TECHNIQUES; SEA TURTLES; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STUDY SITES;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; NESTING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; SEKANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 58949100871     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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