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January 1, 2008Endangered Species ResearchOpen Access

High mortality of loggerhead turtles due to bycatch, human consumption and strandings at Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2003 to 2007

S. Hoyt Peckham D Maldonado Diaz Volker Koch Agnese Mancini A Gaos M. Tim Tinker WJ Nichols

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Assessing mortality of long-lived organisms is fundamental for understanding population trends and for implementing conservation strategies, but doing so for marine megafauna is challenging. Here we assessed anthropogenic mortality of endangered North Pacific loggerhead turtles in the coastal waters of Baja California Sur, Mexico (BCS), through the synthesis of 3 sources:

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd7bdb629747396240d09d https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00123

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