Long-term monitoring of black turtles Chelonia mydas at coastal foraging areas off the Baja California Peninsula

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-45

  López Castro, Melania C ^a,b   Koch, Volker ^c,d   Mariscal Loza, Antonio ^c   Nichols, Wallace J ^e,f  

^a Grupo Tortuguero de Las Californias   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^d Investigación Para la Conservación y El Desarrollo   (Mexico)

^e Ocean Conservancy   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Black turtle; Chelonia mydas; CPUE; East pacific green turtle; Growth; Northwest Mexico; Population ecology; Population status; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAGGING; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LAGUNA OJO DE LIEBRE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952306034     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00264     Document Type: Article

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