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Estimaciones actualizadas de capturas de tortugas marinas en la Península de la Guajira,
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Updated take estimates of marine turtles in the Guajira Peninsula, Venezuela
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Author contributions
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Dermo-
chelys coriacea
Wayuú
Chelonia mydas
Lepidochelys olivacea
Eretmochelys imbricata
Chelonia
mydas
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