Hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata in El Salvador: Nesting distribution and mortality at the largest remaining nesting aggregation in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Liles, Michael J ^a   Jandres, Mauricio V ^b   López, Wilfredo A ^a   Mariona, Georgina I ^a   Hasbún, Carlos R ^c   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^d  

^a Fundación Nacional de Arqueología de El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^b University of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Blast fishing; Bycatch; Eastern Pacific; Eretmochelys imbricata; Hawksbill turtle; Mangroves; Nesting density

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GILLNET; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TURTLE;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80054769482     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00338     Document Type: Article

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