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An ecological risk assessment of turtles to fisheries in the Indian Ocean

An ecological risk assessment of turtles to fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean

Spatial planning for sea turtles in the Western Indian Ocean

 

Current Postgraduate Research

Comparison of the recovery potential of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Jenny Tuček [PhD candidate]

 

Ecological Risk Assessment of Fisheries on Sea Turtles in the South Western Indian Ocean
Bernice Mellett [MSc candidate]

 

Defining the potential ecological roles of three benthic-foraging sea turtle species along the eastern seaboard of South Africa
Ryan Rambaran [MSc candidate]

 

Past Postgraduate Research

MSc

Factors affecting survivorship of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles of South Africa
Anje De Wet [Dec 2012]

 

Environmental cues and sensory preferences directing the nesting process in loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting in Maputaland, South Africa
Wayne Brazier [Jan 2012]

 

The effect of incubation temperature on hatching success an hatchling sex ratios of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Melissa Boonzaaier [Jan 2011]

 

Nest site fidelity and nest site selection of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Marié Botha [Jan 2010]

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