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Obervations on the mass nesting and immediate postmass nesting influxes of the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea at Gahirmatha, Orissa-1984 season

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Title Obervations on the mass nesting and immediate postmass nesting influxes of the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea at Gahirmatha, Orissa-1984 season
 
Creator Silas, E G
Rajagopalan, M
Dan, S S
Fernando, A Bastian
 
Subject Marine Turtle
 
Description Observations made during the mass nesting of the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea during January-February, 1984
at Gahirmatha rookery, Orissa is reported here along with some details on the nature of immediate post-mass nesting influxes.
Strangely a large number of abnormal animals were seen to nest during the lean phase of nesting. The nature of the abnormalities,
along with likely routes of the breeding migration, non-human predation of nests and environmental problems at Gahirmatha are
discussed here.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1984
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1076/1/Bulletin_35-10.pdf
Silas, E G and Rajagopalan, M and Dan, S S and Fernando, A Bastian (1984) Obervations on the mass nesting and immediate postmass nesting influxes of the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea at Gahirmatha, Orissa-1984 season. CMFRI Bulletin, 35. pp. 76-82.