Post-nesting migratory movements of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata in waters adjacent to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-133

  Cuevas, Eduardo ^a   Abreu Grobois, F Alberto ^b   Guzmán Hernández, Vicente ^c   Liceaga Correa, M A ^a   van Dam, Robert P ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Chelonia Inc ^*  (Mexico)

^d Chelonia Inc   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Hawksbill turtle; Migration; Post nesting; Yucatan Peninsula

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952308107     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00128     Document Type: Article

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