Identification of Important Sea Turtle Areas (ITAs) for hawksbill turtles in the Arabian Region

Identification of Important Sea Turtle Areas (ITAs) for hawksbill turtles in the Arabian Region

We present the first data on hawksbill turtle post-nesting migrations and behaviour in the Arabian region. Tracks from 90 post-nesting turtles (65 in the Gulf and 25 from Oman) revealed that hawksbills in the Arabian region may nest up to 6 times in a season with an average of 3 nests per turtle. Tu...

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Main Author: Pilcher, Nicolas J. (author)
Other Authors: Antonopoulou, Marina (author), Perry, Lisa (author), Abdel-Moati, Mohamed A. (author), Al Abdessalaam, Thabit Zahran (author), Albeldawi, Mohammad (author), Al Ansi, Mehsin (author), Al-Mohannadi, Salman Fahad (author), Al Zahlawi, Nessrine (author), Baldwin, Robert (author), Chikhi, Ahmed (author), Das, Himansu Sekhar (author), Hamza, Shafeeq (author), Kerr, Oliver J. (author), Al Kiyumi, Ali (author), Mobaraki, Asghar (author), Al Suwaidi, Hana Saif (author), Al Suweidi, Ali Saqar (author), Sawaf, Moaz (author), Tourenq, Christophe (author), Williams, James (author), Willson, Andrew (author)
Format: article
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Arabian Gulf
Conservation and management
Eretmochelys imbricata
Habitat use
Satellite tracking
Persian Gulf
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.06.009
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098114001816
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/4781
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