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Recovery programme for olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) along Madras Coast

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Title Recovery programme for olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) along Madras Coast
 
Creator Silas, E G
Rajagopalan, M
 
Subject Marine Turtle
 
Description A recovery programme for olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea was started along the Madras Coast by the Central Marine Fisheries
Research Institute in 1977 and in the course of 1977-78 to 1982-83 seasons, useful data have been collected through the
setting up of a turtle hatchery. This paper embodies information on nesting behaviour of olive ridley, clutch size.incubation period,
emergence and release of hatchlings. The constraints and problems encountered in the hatchery programme are also discussed.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1984
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1065/1/Bulletin_35-2.pdf
Silas, E G and Rajagopalan, M (1984) Recovery programme for olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) along Madras Coast. CMFRI Bulletin, 35. pp. 9-21.