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Personal Author:
Malone, Ronald F.; Guarisco, Mark;
Malone, Ronald F.; Guarisco, Mark; Less -
Corporate Authors:
Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.), Galveston Laboratory,;
NOAA Program & Office:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service); SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center);
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service); SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center); Less -
Description:
"The Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempi is an endangered species. The National Marine Fisheries Service's Head Start program is part of an international operation to save the turtles from extinction. Under the Head Start program, eggs from the Ridley's only known wild nesting beach at Rancho Nuevo in Mexico are transported to Padre Island on the Texas coast to be hatched. The hatchlings are then reared in the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast Fisheries Center, Galveston Laboratory, until the age of about one year before their reintroduction into the wild (Fontaine et al. 1985). This "head start" enables the turtles to develop a survival advantage"--Introduction, paragraph 1.
Content Notes:
by Ronald F. Malone and Mark Guarisco. "February 1988." Also available online in PDF via the NOAA Central Library. Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38).
Keywords:
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Conservation
Effect Of Water Pollution On
Lepidochelys Kempii

Series:
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFC ; 200;
Document Type:
Technical Memorandum;
Place as Subject:
Mexico, Gulf of;
Rights Information:
Public Domain
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Library
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urn:sha256:a1bb4db64c4e84faf9f2bfdd7e6678edfe1da4cd0d91e1f47dd4166bc09bdfc1
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