Body temperatures and winter feeding in immature green turtles, Chelonia mydas, in Moreton Bay, Southeastern Queensland

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 262-265

  Read, Mark A ^a   Grigg, Gordon C ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030431398     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565520     Document Type: Article

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