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Published online 14 February 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040209-16
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Safeguarding the ocean road
Sea turtles could go extinct unless key migratory routes protected.
Protecting the ocean routes used by turtles and other endangered species is vital if marine life is to be conserved, a group of marine biologists argued at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle on Thursday.
Evidence for these offshore highways has emerged over the past few years, as data roll in from experiments to tag and track creatures such as turtles and dolphins.
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