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Caillouet, Charles Wax ; Fontaine, Clark T. ; Williams, Theodore D. ; Manzella, Sharon A. ; Revera, Dickie B. ; ... More +
Caillouet, Charles Wax ; Fontaine, Clark T. ; Williams, Theodore D. ; Manzella, Sharon A. ; Revera, Dickie B. ; Koi, Dennis Brian ; Indelicato, Kathy L. W. ; Tyree, Marty G. ; Leong, J. K. (Jorge K.) ; Duronslet, Marcel J. ; Marvin, Kenneth T. Less -
Corporate Authors:
Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.), Galveston Laboratory, ; Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.)
Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.), Galveston Laboratory, ; Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.) Less -
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 (Lepidochelys kempi) is the most endangered of the sea turtles and is facing possible extinction. Among the goals of the international program aimed at restoration of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle population is head starting, with a view toward establishing a new nesting colony at the Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi, Texas. The ridley has only one known nesting beach, located near the village of Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, in the western Gulf of Mexico.(Chavez, Contreras and Hernandez 1968)"--Introduction, paragraph 1.
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by Charles W. Caillouet, Jr., Clark T. Fontaine, Theodore D. Williams, Sharon A. Manzella, Dickie B. Revera, Dennis B. Koi, Kathy L. W. Indelicato, Marty G. Tyree, Jorge K. Leong, Marcel J. Duronslet, and Kenneth T. Marvin.

"March 1986"--Cover.

Also available online in PDF via the NOAA Central Library.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-37).


Keywords:
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Control
Lepidochelys Kempii
Research
Sea Turtles

Series:
NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFC ; 174
Document Type:
Technical Memorandum
Place as Subject:
Mexico, Gulf of
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