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Man-made marine debris and sea turtle strandings on beaches of the upper Texas and southwestern Louisiana coasts, June 1987 through September 1989
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1991
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Description:"This project represents one means of testing the working null hypothesis that sea turtle strandings are not related to man's activities at sea. There are a number of assumptions underlying the testing of this hypothesis, including but not limited to the following: (1) that those who take sea turtles incidentally (e.g., in commercial or recreational fishing ventures or when using explosives for petroleum platform removal, would not mutilate the carcasses in a manner that would prevent them from floating onto a beach, (2) that stranded sea turtles would exhibit evidence of natural or man-caused trauma, (e.g. shark attacks) ingestion of or entanglement in marine debris etc.), (3) that strandings and marine debris on a given beach reflect impacts within the adjacent coastal waters, and (4) that at-sea strandings represent a significant portion of total sea turtle mortalities. The purposes of this study were (1) To document strandings of sea turtles, (2) to document types and amounts of man-made marine debris, and (3) to examine the relationship between strandings and man-made marine debris along the coastlines of Texas and southwestern Louisiana.)"--Introduction, paragraphs 4-5.
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Content Notes:by Marcel J. Duronslet, Dickie B. Revera and Kerry M. Stanley.
"February 1991."
Also available online in PDF format via the NOAA Central Library.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-12).
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