Post-nesting migrations of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta from Georgia, USA: Conservation implications for a genetically distinct subpopulation

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-399

  Plotkin, Pamela T ^a,c   Spotila, James R ^b,d  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwest Atlantic IUCN/SSC/Marine Turtle Specialist Group   (United States)

^d Drexel University ^*

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Georgia; Loggerhead turtle; Migration; Telemetry; USA

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; TURTLE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0013160691     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000753     Document Type: Article

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