Defining olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea management units in Australia and assessing the potential impact of mortality in ghost nets

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-253

  Jensen, Michael P ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b   Whiting, Scott D ^c,d   Guinea, Michael ^e   Prince, Robert I T ^d   Dethmers, Kiki E M ^f   Adnyana, Ida Bagus Windia ^g   Kennett, Rod ^e   FitzSimmons, Nancy N ^h  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Department of Natural Resources Environment the Arts and Sport ^*  (Australia)

^d Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Department of Natural Resources Environment and The Arts   (Australia)

^g UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^h GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

By catch; Genetics; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Population structure

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GHOST FISHING; MORTALITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; CAPE YORK PENINSULA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND;

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84903751681     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00521     Document Type: Article

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