Travel Hazards: 2 Studies Start to Map Pollutant Threats to Turtles (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Travel Hazards: 2 Studies Start to Map Pollutant Threats to Turtles (2 of 2)

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Up close and personal with a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Gulf of Mexico's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (about 170 kilometers, or 100 miles, off the Louisiana coast).

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T. Moore, NOAA

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