Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of India

The changes in the beach dynamics at Gahirmatha sea turtle rookery along Odisha coast of India have forced the olive ridley turtles to nests in a non-conducive environment. In the recent past, non-availability of nesting beach due to erosion was hypothesized to be one of the major reasons for non-oc...

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Main Authors: Satyaranjan BEHERA, Basudev TRIPATHY, Kupuswamy SIVAKUMAR, Binod Chandra CHOUDHURY, Chandrasekhar KAR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2013-12-01
Series:International Journal of Conservation Science
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Online Access:http://ijcs.uaic.ro/public/IJCS-13-45-Behera.pdf