First Photographic Evidence of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) in British Columbia

Halpin, Luke R; Seminoff, Jeffrey A; Hanke, Gavin F

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First Photographic Evidence of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) in British Columbia

2018
By Halpin, Luke R ; Seminoff, Jeffrey A ; Hanke, Gavin F

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Journal Title:

Northwestern Naturalist
Personal Author:

Halpin, Luke R ; Seminoff, Jeffrey A ; Hanke, Gavin F
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center)
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—On 22 February 2015, a single specimen ofCaretta caretta was identified in surface waters about 45 nm west of Tofino, British Columbia. The animal’s carapace was covered with algae, but the specimen was identified based on shell shape, head size, and the color of its parietal and interparietal scales. This record confirms that 4 sea turtle species range into British
Keywords:

General Earth And Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science General Earth And Planetary Sciences General Earth And Planetary Sciences
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Northwestern Naturalist, 99(1), 73-75
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1898/nwn17-26.1
ISSN:

1051-1733 ; 1938-5315
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Northwestern Naturalist
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Journal Article
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