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Off-road Vehicle and Pedestrian Track Effects on the Sea-approach of Hatchling Loggerhead Turtles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Paul E. Hosier ,
Medha Kochhar  and
Victoria Thayer
Paul E. Hosier
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA.
Medha Kochhar
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA
Victoria Thayer
Affiliation:
Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , Summer 1981 , pp. 158 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1981

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