Global research priorities for sea turtles: Informing management and conservation in the 21st century

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-269

  Hamann, M ^a   Godfrey, M H ^b   Seminoff, J A ^c   Arthur, K ^d   Barata, P C R ^e   Bjorndal, K A ^f   Bolten, A B ^f   Broderick, A C ^g   Campbell, L M ^h   Carreras, C ⁱ   Casale, P ^j   Chaloupka, M ^k   Chan, S K F ^l   Coyne, M S ^g,m   Crowder, L B ^h   Diez, C E ⁿ   Dutton, P H ^c   Epperly, S P ^o   Fitz Simmons, N N ^p   Formia, A ^q   Girondot, M ^r   Hays, G C ^s   Cheng, I J ^t   Kaska, Y ^u   Lewison, R ^v   Mortimer, J A ^f   Nichols, W J ^w   Reina, R D ^x   Shanker, K ^y   Spotila, J R ^z   Tomas J ^aa   Wallace, B P ^ab,ac   Work, T M ^ad   Zbinden, J ^ae   Godley, B J ^g   more..

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^l Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices   (Hong Kong)

^m SEATURTLEORG   (United States)

ⁿ Dep de Recursos Naturales de Puerto Rico   (United States)

^o SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^s SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^t NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^u PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^v SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^x MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^y INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^z DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^ab Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^ac DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^ad U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^ae NONE   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Conservation; Global priorities; Research; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954801481     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00279     Document Type: Article

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