Long-distance migrations by the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, from north-eastern Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-95

  Miller, Jeffrey D ^a   Dobbs, Kirstin A ^a,b   Limpus, Colin J ^a   Mattocks, Neil ^a   Landry Jr , André M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA;

EID: 0031691082     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR96086     Document Type: Article

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