Identification of high-use internesting habitats for eastern Pacific leatherback turtles: Role of the environment and implications for conservation

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-232

  Shillinger, George L ^a   Swithenbank, Alan M ^a   Bograd, Steven J ^b   Bailey, Helen ^b   Castelton, Michael R ^a   Wallace, Bryan P ^c   Spotila, James R ^d   Paladino, Frank V ^e   Piedra, Rotney ^f   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^f Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Conservation; Costa Rica; Dermochelys coriacea; Diving behavior; Marine spatial planning; Marine turtles; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORTALITY; NESTING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; LAS BAULAS NATIONAL MARINE PARK; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PLAYA GRANDE;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952306879     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00251     Document Type: Article

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