Status & Feeding Biology of Ridley Turtles: Aganasi Island, Orissa: An Ecological approach

Behera, Subrata Kumar, Kar, Chandrasekhar

ISBN 10: 3659131741 / ISBN 13: 9783659131745

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Status & Feeding Biology of Ridley Turtles: Aganasi Island, Orissa: An Ecological approach
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659131741
• ISBN 13: 9783659131745
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The world largest rookery Gahirmatha, for Olive ridley sea turtles in Odisha along the Bay of Bengal coast have been in the global conservation attention since probably half of the world population of Olive ridley’s are breeding in this region and the study was carried out in one of the remote island of this rookery, Agansi Isand which was formed after 1999 super cyclone. The Olive ridley being a Schedule I species in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. To ascertain the biodiversity and status of olive ridley turtles in this newly form Island the study was taken up. Although turtles spend six to eight month time along the Odisha coast from November to April, there was no detailed study on the dietary habits of breeding Olive ridley turtles. In this connection, stomach contents of freshly stranded dead turtles were analyzed to understand their diets during this course of work.

About the Author

Initiated his research on sea turtles way back from 2002. He has worked with various Organization, Odisha forest Dept, WWF(I), Wildlife Institute of India for the conservation. He studied the migration, breeding, feeding behaviour of sea turtles along east coast of India. Now working for ICZMP Odisha as Marine Biodiversity & sea turtle biologist.