Resource requirements of the Pacific leatherback turtle population.

The Pacific population of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) has drastically declined in the last 25 years. This decline has been linked to incidental capture by fisheries, egg and meat harvesting, and recently, to climate variability and resource limitation. Here we couple growth rates...

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Main Authors: T Todd Jones, Brian L Bostrom, Mervin D Hastings, Kyle S Van Houtan, Daniel Pauly, David R Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3465295?pdf=render