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First nesting records for the Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea in northern New South Wales Australia, and field management of nest sites
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Lance Tarvey
Lance Tarvey
(NSW) National Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 91, Alstonville, NSW 2477
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Published:1993
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Lance Tarvey, 1993. "First nesting records for the Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea in northern New South Wales Australia, and field management of nest sites", Herpetology in Australia: A Diverse Discipline, Daniel Lunney, Danielle Ayers
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Two Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea nestings were recorded in northern New South Wales during early 1993. Despite apparently sub-optimal nesting conditions, these unexpected nestings attained the relatively high hatching successes of 43 per cent and 78 per cent respectively.
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