Downward but stable trend in the abundance of arribada olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivccea) at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica (1971-2007)

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Fonseca, Luis G ^a   Murello, Grettel A ^a   Guadamúz, Lenín ^b   Spínola, Romeo M ^a   Valverde, Roldán A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b Ministerio de Ambiente y Energiá ^*  (Costa Rica)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arribada; Cheloniidae; Costa Rica; Hatching success; Lepidochelys olivacea; Monitoring; Nancite Beach; Population trend; Reptilia; Sea turtle; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67650901182     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0739.1     Document Type: Article

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