A Leatherback Turtle Stranding at Danger Point, Gansbaai, South Africa

Oliver J.D. Jewell; Michelle A. Wcisel

doi:10.3957/056.042.0210

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Oliver J.D. Jewell,^1,2,* Michelle A. Wcisel^1,3

¹1Dyer Island Conservation Trust, Kleinbaai, Gansbaai 7220 South Africa
²2University of Pretoria, Mammal Research Institute, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028 South Africa
³3University of Cape Town, Department of Zoology, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa

^*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: oli@sharkwatchsa.com

Abstract

A dead, mature male leatherback turtle was sighted at Danger Point, Gansbaai on South Africa's southwest coast. Leatherback turtle sightings are rare along this coastline although the site lies between two areas of known aggregation; a tropical breeding area to the east and the highly productive Benguela upwelling ecosystem foraging area to the west.

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Oliver J.D. Jewell and Michelle A. Wcisel "A Leatherback Turtle Stranding at Danger Point, Gansbaai, South Africa," South African Journal of Wildlife Research 42(2), 147-150, (1 October 2012). https://doi.org/10.3957/056.042.0210

Received: 18 June 2012; Accepted: 1 November 2012; Published: 1 October 2012

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