Identification of important sea turtle areas (ITAs) for hawksbill turtles in the Arabian region

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 460, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-99

  Pilcher, Nicolas J ^a   Antonopoulou, Marina ^b   Perry, Lisa ^b   Abdel Moati, Mohamed A ^c   Al Abdessalaam, Thabit Zahran ^d   Albeldawi, Mohammad ^e   Al Ansi, Mehsin ^f   Al Mohannadi, Salman Fahad ^e   Al Zahlawi, Nessrine ^b   Baldwin, Robert ^g,l   Chikhi, Ahmed ^e   Das, Himansu Sekhar ^d   Hamza, Shafeeq ^f   Kerr, Oliver J ^b   Al Kiyumi, Ali ^h   Mobaraki, Asghar ⁱ   Al Suwaidi, Hana Saif ^j   Al Suweidi, Ali Saqar ^k   Sawaf, Moaz ^b   Tourenq, Christophe ^b   Williams, James ^a   Willson, Andrew ^g,l   more..

^a Marine Research Foundation   (Malaysia)

^b Emirates Wildlife Society (EWS) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Ministry of Environment   (Qatar)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^e Ras Laffan Industrial City   (Qatar)

^f QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^g Environment Society of Oman   (Oman)

^h Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs   (Oman)

ⁱ Department of Environment ^*  (Iran)

^j Herpetology and Freshwater Fishes   (United Arab Emirates)

^k Emirates Marine Environment Group   (United Arab Emirates)

^l Five Oceans Environmental Services LLC   (Oman)

more..

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Conservation and management; Eretmochelys imbricata; Habitat use; Persian Gulf; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BYCATCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TURTLE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; PERSIAN GULF; QATAR; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84903945850     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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