A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging ground in the California Current Ecosystem
Pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are critically endangered, and declines have been documented at multiple nesting sites throughout the Pacific. The western Pacific leatherback forages in temperate and tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, and about 38–57% of summer-nesting fe...
Main Authors: | Scott R. Benson, Karin A. Forney, Jeffrey E. Moore, Erin L. LaCasella, James T. Harvey, James V. Carretta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420309124 |
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