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Distribution and population estimates
for the Black sea turtle - Chelonia agassizii
 Distribution and population:
- Rookeries:(FAO)
- Michocoan, Mexico
- Guatemala
- Galapagos Islands
- Range:(FAO)
- Inhabits coastal waters of the eastern tropical Pacific ocean.
- Not commonly observed in the opean ocean.
- Population: (Agardy - BBC Wildlife 1992)
- Difficult to estimate but some 3,000 females in Mexico/californian
coast.
- Less important nesting near Galapagos.
- Also some nexsting north in Academy Bay. (see FAO for details)
 Distribution
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References used in distribution maps and population estimations.
- Agardy, T., Last Voyage of the Ancient Mariner p30-37, BBC Wildlife
December 1992,
- Bjorndal, Karen A. (Editor), Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles
- (Smithsonian) 1995. (ISBN 1-56098-619-0)
- The FAO Species , Catalogue Vol.11. Sea Turtles of the World,
1990. (ISBN 92-5-102891-5)
- Lutz , P. L. and Musick, J. A., The Biology of Sea Turtles - (Marine
Science Series )1996. (ISBN 0-8493-8422-2)
- National Research Council, Decline of the Sea Turtles , 1990.
(ISBN 1-900455-005)
- Proceedings of the 15th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology
and Conservation, 1995.
- Proceedings of the 18th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology
and Conservation, 1998.
- Ripples, Jeff Sea Turtles: (World Life Library) 1996. (ISBN 0-309-04247-X
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