Aerial survey abundance estimates of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta in the Pelagos Sanctuary, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 437, Issue , 2011, Pages 291-302

  Lauriano, Giancarlo ^a   Panigada, Simone ^a,b   Casale, Paolo ^c   Pierantonio, Nino ^a,b   Donovan, Greg P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d International Whaling Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial survey; Caretta caretta; Distance sampling; Loggerhead sea turtle; Pelagos Sanctuary; Seasonal distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LINE TRANSECT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGOS SANCTUARY;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80052878649     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09261     Document Type: Review

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