Recreational boats and turtles: behavioral mismatches result in high rates of injury.

Recreational boats are a dominant feature of estuarine waters in the United States. Boat strike injury and mortality may have a detrimental effect on populations of diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin), a keystone species in estuarine ecosystems. In Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, 11% of terrapins...

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Main Authors: Lori A Lester, Harold W Avery, Andrew S Harrison, Edward A Standora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3859590?pdf=render

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