High Mortality Of Endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles In Baja California

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Published: 14-Oct-08 02:00 PM
Source: ScienceDaily

Along the southern coast of Baja California, Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess and eliminate threats to loggerhead sea turtle populations. Their findings, published this week, are shocking: almost 3,000 sea turtles were found dead along a 27-mile stretch of coast during a five-year period from 2003 to 2007.

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