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

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
Subjects:
Olive ridley
Nesting beach
Gahirmatha
Arribada
Threat
Odisha
India
Online Access:http://ijcs.uaic.ro/public/IJCS-13-45-Behera.pdf
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spelling doaj-995e9b97dd5a4c2ca4465080c1ee430c2020-11-25T01:32:40ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of IasiInternational Journal of Conservation Science2067-533X2067-82232013-12-0144477484Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of IndiaSatyaranjan BEHERABasudev TRIPATHYKupuswamy SIVAKUMARBinod Chandra CHOUDHURYChandrasekhar KARThe 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-occurrence of arribada at Gahirmatha. This paper reviews the current status of nesting habitat for olive ridley turtles at Gahirmatha and suggests onshore and offshore developmental activities close to Gahirmatha rookery should be monitored efficiently so that future arribada at this rookery should not be troubled due to habitat destruction.http://ijcs.uaic.ro/public/IJCS-13-45-Behera.pdfOlive ridleyNesting beachGahirmathaArribadaThreatOdishaIndia
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author Satyaranjan BEHERA
Basudev TRIPATHY
Kupuswamy SIVAKUMAR
Binod Chandra CHOUDHURY
Chandrasekhar KAR
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Basudev TRIPATHY
Kupuswamy SIVAKUMAR
Binod Chandra CHOUDHURY
Chandrasekhar KAR
Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of India
International Journal of Conservation Science
Olive ridley
Nesting beach
Gahirmatha
Arribada
Threat
Odisha
India
author_facet Satyaranjan BEHERA
Basudev TRIPATHY
Kupuswamy SIVAKUMAR
Binod Chandra CHOUDHURY
Chandrasekhar KAR
author_sort Satyaranjan BEHERA
title Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of India
title_short Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of India
title_full Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of India
title_fullStr Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of India
title_full_unstemmed Nesting Habitat Suitability for Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) at the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha Coast of India
title_sort nesting habitat suitability for olive ridley turtles (lepidochelys olivacea) at the gahirmatha rookery, odisha coast of india
publisher Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
series International Journal of Conservation Science
issn 2067-533X
2067-8223
publishDate 2013-12-01
description 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-occurrence of arribada at Gahirmatha. This paper reviews the current status of nesting habitat for olive ridley turtles at Gahirmatha and suggests onshore and offshore developmental activities close to Gahirmatha rookery should be monitored efficiently so that future arribada at this rookery should not be troubled due to habitat destruction.
topic Olive ridley
Nesting beach
Gahirmatha
Arribada
Threat
Odisha
India
url http://ijcs.uaic.ro/public/IJCS-13-45-Behera.pdf
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