Locomotion in Marine Chelonia: Adaptation to the aquatic habitat

Historical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Renous, Sabine ^a   Bels, Vincent ^b   Davenport, John ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Ctr Agronom Rech Appl du Hainaut   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aquatic; Chelonia; Locomotion; Marine environment; Marine turtles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; LOCOMOTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

CHELONIA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034022290     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292380009380549     Document Type: Article

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