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Conservation of olive ridley sea turtle <i>Lepidochelys olivacea</i> (Reptilia/Chelonia) along the Nagapattinam coast, southeast coast of India

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Title Conservation of olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Reptilia/Chelonia) along the Nagapattinam coast, southeast coast of India
 
Creator Bhupathy, S.
 
Subject Conservation
olive ridley turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
mortality
nesting
 
Description 168-171
Nesting and mortality of Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) was studied in 50 km beach stretch along the Nagapattinam coast during December 2000 to May 2001. Lepidochelys olivacea was common constituting 97.1 % of turtles recorded. This species emerged from sea for nesting during December and continued till April. The nesting of Lepidochelys olivacea was sporadic and the peak was observed in the second fortnight of February. The poor nesting (20 nests/ km) in the area could be due to high adult mortality (12 % females) due to incidental catch in the gill nets, and nest predation (> 90 %) by human. The Nagapattinam coast will not sustain the nesting population of Lepidochelys olivacea longer, if immediate conservation measures are not undertaken.
 
Date 2009-05-22T08:47:49Z
2009-05-22T08:47:49Z
2003-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0379-5136
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4263
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source IJMS Vol.32(2) [June 2003]