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How many green turtles nest on Aldabra?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Wendy Seabrook
Wendy Seabrook
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, School of Biological Sciences, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Abstract

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The population of female green turtles Chelonia mydas nesting on Aldabra Atoll has been claimed to be the largest in the Seychelles. Several surveys have been undertaken of the numbers nesting, but none has managed to provide reliable estimates of the size of the nesting population.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 96 - 98
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1991

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