Buoyancy control in diving behavior of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-118

  Minamikawa, Shingo ^a   Naito, Yasuhiko ^b   Uchida, Itaru ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Minato ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 0031395541     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769396     Document Type: Article

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