Origin of hawksbill turtles in a caribbean feeding area as indicated by genetic markers

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 566-572

  Bowen, B W ^a   Bass, A L ^a,b   Garcia Rodriguez, A ^a   Diez, C E ^c   Van Dam, R ^d   Bolten, A ^a   Bjorndal, K A ^e   Miyamoto, M M ^e   Ferl, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean sea; Conservation genetics; Demography; DNA sequencing; Eretmochelys imbricata; Feeding ground composition; Genetic markers; Marine turtles; Mitochondrial DNA; Mixed stock analysis; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

FEEDING GROUND; GENETIC MARKER; HAWKSBILL TURTLE; NESTING COLONY;

PUERTO RICO, MONA ISLAND;

EID: 0030422544     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269392     Document Type: Article

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