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On two species of marine turtles caught off Dhanushkodi, Gulf of Mannar

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Title On two species of marine turtles caught off Dhanushkodi, Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator Pillai, S Krishna
Kasinathan, C
 
Subject Marine Turtle
 
Description A female leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea was captured in a trawl net operated from a 10 m long mechanised boat, 30 km southeast of Pamban opposite to Dhanushkodi at about 13 m depth. An Olive Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea was also landed by a trawl boat. The morphometric measurements (in cm) of the two turtles were tabled in the report.
 
Publisher CMFRI, Kochi
 
Date 1989-12
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4918/1/Article_09.pdf
Pillai, S Krishna and Kasinathan, C (1989) On two species of marine turtles caught off Dhanushkodi, Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 102. pp. 17-18.