Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Wallace, Bryan P ^a,b,c   DiMatteo, Andrew D ^a,c   Hurley, Brendan J ^a,b   Finkbeiner, Elena M ^a,c   Bolten, Alan B ^a,d   Chaloupka, Milani Y ^a,e   Hutchinson, Brian J ^a,b   Alberto Abreu Grobois, F ^a,f   Amorocho, Diego ^a,g   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a,d   Bourjea, Jerome ^a,h   Bowen, Brian W ^a,i   Dueñas, Raquel Briseño ^a,f   Casale, Paolo ^a,j,k   Choudhury, B C ^a,l   Costa, Alice ^a,m   Dutton, Peter H ^a,n   Fallabrino, Alejandro ^a,o   Girard, Alexandre ^a,o,p   Girondot, Marc ^a,q   Godfrey, Matthew H ^a,r   Hamann, Mark ^a,s   López Mendilaharsu, Milagros ^a,t,u   Marcovaldi, Maria Angela ^a,t   Mortimer, Jeanne A ^a,d   Musick, John A ^a,v   Nel, Ronel ^a,w   Pilcher, Nicolas J ^a,x   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^a,n   Troëng, Sebastian ^a,b,y,z   Witherington, Blair ^a,aa   Mast, Roderic B ^a,b   more..

^a IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Burning Issues Working Group   (United States)

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

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g Centro De Investigacion Para El Manejo Ambiental y El Desarrollo   (Colombia)

^h IFREMER   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^k World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mediterranean Turtle Programme   (Italy)

^l WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^m World Wildlife Fund Mozambique   (Mozambique)

ⁿ SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^o Association RENATURA ^*

^p Association RENATURA   (France)

^q UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^r North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^s JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^t Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^u STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^v VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^w NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^x Marine Research Foundation   (Malaysia)

^y LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^z Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission   (United States)

^aa FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

CHELONIIDAE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, GENETIC; TELEMETRY; TURTLES;

EID: 78650727335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015465     Document Type: Article

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