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| Lauret-stepler, Marie; Bourjea, Jerome; Roos, David; Pelletier, Dominique; Ryan, P.g.; Ciccione, Stephane; Grizel, Henri. |
| The green turtle Chelonia mydas is classified as endangered because of global declines over the past few centuries due to human exploitation and habitat destruction, particularly the loss of nesting areas. We used the number of tracks as an indicator of breeding female abundance at their nesting sites to study the seasonality and trends of turtles breeding at 3 islands in the SW Indian Ocean: Europa, Tromelin and Grande Glorieuse, over 20 yr. On Tromelin, tracks were counted along the entire nesting beach, but on Europa and Grande Glorieuse counts were limited to a proportion of the island. Europa and Tromelin exhibited similar seasonal patterns, with a well-defined peak during the wet season (November–February), compared to a dry season peak for Grande... |
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| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00018/12917/9874.pdf |
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