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Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction
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Pacific leatherback turtles face extinction

James R Spotila, Richard D Reina, Anthony C Steyermark, Pamela T Plotkin and Frank V Paladino
Nature (London), v 405(6786), pp 529-530
01 Jun 2000
PMID: 10850701

Abstract

The dwindling numbers of leatherback turtles are signalling a threat to biodiversity in the oceans. A mathematical model based on our assessment of a once-large leatherback population predicts that unsustainable adult mortality, apparently due to human fishing activity, will soon drive this population to extinction.

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