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Escalation of threats to marine turtles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Judith Hutchinson  and
Mark Simmonds
Judith Hutchinson
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Sciences, Thames Polytechnic, Rachel McMillan Building, Creek Road, Deptford, London SE8 3BU, UK
Mark Simmonds
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Sciences, Thames Polytechnic, Rachel McMillan Building, Creek Road, Deptford, London SE8 3BU, UK
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Many, if not all, marine turtle populations world-wide have become seriously depleted by the impact of numerous factors over the years. Populations of marine turtles are now classified as endangered or threatened. National and international legislation designed to protect sea turtles has been unsuccessful and, despite evergrowing interest, there is disturbing evidence of new and increasingly important threats: increased incidence of disease; oil and organochlorine contamination and marine ‘macro-pollution’.

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Oryx , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1992 , pp. 95 - 102
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1992

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