Notes on juvenile hawksbill and green turtles in American Samoa

Pacific Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-53

  Grant, Gilbert S ^a,b   Craig, Peter ^a   Balazs, George H ^c  

^a Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0012454763     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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