Population and nesting ecology of the green turtle, chelonia mydas, and the loggerhead turtle, caretta caretta, in northern Cyprus

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-46

  Broderick, Annette C ^a   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Green Turtle; Loggerhead Turtle; Marine turtles; Mediterranean; Northern Cyprus; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED TURTLE; GREEN TURTLE; LOGGERHEAD; NESTING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY; TURTLES;

CYPRUS;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS;

EID: 0030441507     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1996.10637704     Document Type: Article

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