Balaji, J and Laxmilatha, P and Yousuf, K S S M and Chandrasekharan, S (2016) Mortality of olive ridley turtles during nesting season along Chennai coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (230). pp. 35-36. ISSN 0254-380 X
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Abstract
Sporadic nesting activities of olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) are often reported along the Chennai coast in northern Tamil Nadu. These turtles approach the beaches for nesting in the Tamil month of Panguni and have thus derived the local name “Panguni aamai”. As in every year, with the onset of annual nesting season in early 2017, mortality of turtles along the Chennai coast was recorded. From 02.01.2017 to 07.01.2017, a total of seven adult turtle carcasses were observed in 20km stretch of beach between Marina beach and Kanathur Reddykuppam.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mortality; olive ridley turtle; nesting season; Chennai coast |
| Subjects: | Marine Turtle |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Madras (Chennai) |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2017 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2017 10:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/11950 |
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