People helping turtles, turtles helping people: Understanding resident attitudes towards sea turtle conservation and opportunities for enhanced community participation in Bahia Magdalena, Mexico

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-157

  Senko, Jesse ^a   Schneller, Andrew J ^b   Solis, Julio ^b,c   Ollervides, Francisco ^b,d   Nichols, Wallace J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Center for Coastal Studies   (Mexico)

^c Vigilantes de Bahia Magdalena AC   (Mexico)

^d Waterkeeper Alliance   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BY-CATCH; CALIFORNIA; CIVIL SOCIETY; COASTAL FORAGING; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSERVATION MEASURES; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; FISHERIES BYCATCH; MARKETING MATERIALS; ME-XICO; NESTING HABITATS; OVEREXPLOITATION; PEER PRESSURE; SEA TURTLES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; WATER MONITORING;

FISHERIES;

SEAWATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEGRADATION; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MEAT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78650721468     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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