Migration of Sea Turtles from Caribbean Costa Rica: Implications for Management

• Main Author: Troëng, Sebastian
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Ekologiska institutionen, Lunds universitet 2005
• Subjects: Ecology; Animal ecology; conservation; predation; remigration; annual survival probability; mtDNA; satellite telemetry; tagging; Costa Rica; Tortuguero; endangered; migration; Djurekologi; sea turtles; Carr; Freed; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/545811

Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica hosts nesting by four species of highly migratory and endangered sea turtles (green, hawksbill, leatherback and loggerhead turtles). Sea turtle research at Tortuguero has been continuous since Dr. Archie Carr began studies in the 1950?s. This dissertation aims...