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Two-thirds of turtle injuries and strandings recorded in the Maldives across 12 years arose from entanglement with lost and discarded fishing gear

08.09.23 | PLOS

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Two-thirds of turtle injuries and strandings recorded in the Maldives across 12 years arose from entanglement with lost and discarded fishing gear

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289167

Article Title: Evaluation of sea turtle morbidity and mortality within the Indian Ocean from 12 years of data shows high prevalence of ghost net entanglement

Author Countries: Republic of the Maldives

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0289167

Evaluation of sea turtle morbidity and mortality within the Indian Ocean from 12 years of data shows high prevalence of ghost net entanglement

9-Aug-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, August 9). Two-thirds of turtle injuries and strandings recorded in the Maldives across 12 years arose from entanglement with lost and discarded fishing gear. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GRZGXE8/two-thirds-of-turtle-injuries-and-strandings-recorded-in-the-maldives-across-12-years-arose-from-entanglement-with-lost-and-discarded-fishing-gear.html
MLA:
"Two-thirds of turtle injuries and strandings recorded in the Maldives across 12 years arose from entanglement with lost and discarded fishing gear." Brightsurf News, Aug. 9 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GRZGXE8/two-thirds-of-turtle-injuries-and-strandings-recorded-in-the-maldives-across-12-years-arose-from-entanglement-with-lost-and-discarded-fishing-gear.html.