Olive ridley mass nesting ecology and egg harvest at ostional beach, Costa Rica

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Valverde, Roldán A ^a   Orrego, Carlos M ^b   Tordoir, Mark T ^c   Gómez, Flor M ^d   Solís, Diana S ^a   Hernández, Ricardo A ^e   Gómez, Gredy B ^b   Brenes, Laura S ^b   Baltodano, José P ^b   Fonseca, Luis G ^e   Spotila, James R ^f  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Ostional   (Costa Rica)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arribada abundance; hatching rate; Lepidochelys olivacea

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84865465640     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0959.1     Document Type: Article

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