Northeast Brazil shows highest hawksbill turtle nesting density in the South Atlantic

To date, hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata nesting in Brazil has been estimated by recording clutch numbers. To better address conservation assessments and more reliably estimate the number of females, the Projeto TAMAR-ICMBio initiated a mark and recapture program of nesting females to gather...

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Main Authors: AJB Santos, C Bellini, DHG Vieira, LD Neto, G Corso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2013-06-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v21/n1/p25-32/