Signs of hope in the eastern Pacific: International collaboration reveals encouraging status for a severely depleted population of hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata

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Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-601

  Gaos, Alexander R ^a,b   Abreu Grobois, F A ^c   Alfaro Shigueto, J ^d,e   Amorocho, D ^f   Arauz, R ^g   Baquero, A ^h,v   Briseno R ^c   Chacon D ⁱ   Duenas C ^j   Hasbun C ^k   Liles, M ^l   Mariona, G ^l   Muccio, C ^k   Muonz J P ^h   Nichols, W J ^m   Pena M ^h   Seminoff, J A ⁿ   Vasquez M ^o   Urteaga, J ^p   Wallace, B ^q   Yanez I L ^r,s   Zarate P ^t,u   more..

^a Ocean Foundation   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d ProDelphinus ^*  (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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

^g Programa de Restauracin de Tortugas Marinas   (Costa Rica)

^h Fundacion Equilibrio Azul   (Ecuador)

ⁱ WIDECAST Latin America   (Costa Rica)

^j Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales   (El Salvador)

^k USAID ^*  (Guatemala)

^l Fundacin Zoolgica de El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^m CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁿ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^o University of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^p FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^r Grupo Tortuguero de Las Californias   (Mexico)

^s The Ocean Foundation   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^u Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^v UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

more..

Author keywords

Conservation network; Critically Endangered; eastern Pacific Ocean; Eretmochelys imbricata; hawksbill turtle; recovery; status; tortoiseshell

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA BISSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79952985091     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000773     Document Type: Article

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