Health evaluation of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Northwestern Atlantic during direct capture and fisheries gear disentanglement

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-222

  Innis, Charles ^a   Merigo, Constance ^b   Dodge, Kara ^c   Tlusty, Michael ^d   Dodge, Michael ^e   Sharp, Brian ^f   Myers, Andrew ^c   McIntosh, Antoinette ^g   Wunn, Denise ^h   Perkins, Christopher ⁱ   Herdt, Thomas H ^j   Norton, Terry ^k   Lutcavage, Molly ^c  

^a Animal Health Department   (United States)

^b Rescue and Rehabilitation Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d Edgerton Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e Idexx Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^f CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^g University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^h IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^j MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Georgia Sea Turtle Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

biochemistry; Dermochelyidae leatherback turtle; Dermochelys coriacea; entanglement; health; hematology; microbiology; parasitology; Reptilia; Testudines; toxicology

Indexed keywords

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78651323990     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0838.1     Document Type: Article

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