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French Guiana

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Mathilde Lasfargue
Coordinateur du Plan National d’Actions Tortues Marines en Guyane
Office français de la biodiversité
Cayenne, French Guiana
Tel: +594 (0)6 94 13 77 44
coordination.pnatmg@ofb.gouv.fr
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Association Kwata. 2010. Etude de la diversité génétique et de l’histoire démographique des tortues luths de Guyane. Rapport Kwata / Diren. Cayenne. 14 pp.

Chevalier, J. and M. Girondot. Marine Turtle Identification in French Guiana: Why, Where And How?

Chevalier, J., G. Talvy, S. Lieutenant, S. Lochon, and M. Girondot. Study of Bimodal Nesting Season for Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in French Guiana.

Chevalier, J., X. Desbois and M. Girondot. The reason of decline of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in French Guiana : a hypothesis.

Girondot, M. and J. Fretey. 1996. Leatherback Turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, Nesting in French Guiana, 1978-1995. Chelonian Conservation and Biology.

Girondot M., and Fretey J., – Leatherback Turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, Nesting in French Guiana, 1978-1995.

Godfrey, M. H. and O. Drif. 2001. Developing Sea Turtle Ecotourism in French Guiana: Perils and Practicalities. Marine Turtle Newsletter. Issue 91.

Fossette S., Kelle L., Girondot M., Goverse E., Hilterman M.L., Verhage B., de Thoisy B., Georges J., 2008. The world’s largest leatherback rookeries: A review of conservation-oriented research in French Guiana/Suriname and Gabon. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356 (2008) 69–82.

Kelle L., Gratiot N., Nolibos I., The’re’se J., Wongsopawiro R., de Thoisy B., 2007. Monitoring of Nesting Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea): Contribution of Remote Sensing for Real-Time Assessment of Beach Coverage in French Guiana. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 2007, 6(1): 142–147

Kelle L., Gratiot N., de Thoisy B., 2009. Olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea in French Guiana: back from the brink of regional extirpation? Oryx, 43(2), 243–246.

Status of the French Guiana Sea Turtle Recovery Plan (2007-2012)

WWF Guianas
Sea Turtles in French Guiana

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FrGuiana6_satelite ridley - (c) KWATA

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Loggerhead I
Green N, F
Leatherback N
Hawksbill N, I
Kemp’s Ridley A
Olive Ridley N
N=Nesting
F=Foraging
IN=Infrequent Nesting
IF=Infrequent Foraging
I=Infrequent (further data unavailable)
A=Absent

Dow et al 2007b

French Guiana National Nesting Beach Atlas

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