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RS T 8 :Estimation of the number of leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at the Godavaya turtle rookery in Southern Sri Lanka during the nesting season in the year 2001

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RS T 8 :Estimation of the number of leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) nestin...
Abstract

Sea turtles represent an ancient and distinctive part of the world’s biological diversity. Sea turtles are reptiles and basically spend their entire lives in marine or estuarine habitats. They, like most other aquatic reptilians, are only tied to terrestrial habitats for nesting and restricted cases of basking. Physiological, anatomical and behavioural adaptations of sea turtles have evolved largely in response to selection in the aquatic environment. Sea turtles are unevenly distributed t...

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Dermochelys coriacea , Endangered Threatened or Protected (ETP) species
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Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
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JS 2
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English
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Ekanayake, E.M.L. Kapurusingha,T. Saman,M.M. and Premakumara, M.G.C. Estimation of the number of leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at the Godavaya...

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