Food ingestion in the estuarine turtle Malaclemys terrapin: Comparison with the marine leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 953-972

  Bels, V L ^a   Davenport, J ^b   Renous, S ^c  

^a Ctr Agronom Rech Appl du Hainaut   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN;

EID: 0031668252     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400044908     Document Type: Article

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