Assessing the use of marine protected areas by loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) tracked from the western Mediterranean

Assessing the use of marine protected areas by loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) tracked from the western Mediterranean

Up to date 264 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been declared in the western Mediterranean Sea. The management plans of 25 of these MPAs include the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) as a priority species to protect. However, the actual use of these MPAs by the species remains unknown. There...

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Main Authors: Sara Abalo-Morla, Eduardo J. Belda, David March, Ohiana Revuelta, Luis Cardona, Silvia Giralt, Jose Luis Crespo-Picazo, Sandra Hochscheid, Adolfo Marco, Manuel Merchán, Ricardo Sagarminaga, Yonat Swimmer, Jesús Tomás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Caretta caretta
Marine Protected Area
Home-range
Kernel utilization distribution
Satellite tracking
Mediterranean Sea
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989422001986

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