Carapacial scute variation in loggerhead turtles, caretta caretta

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-142

  Türkozan, Oğuz ^a   Ilgaz, Çetin ^b   Sak, Serdar ^c  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adults; Carapace; Hatchlings; Marine turtle; Mediterranean; Sea turtle; Turkey

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; TURTLE;

CYPRUS; TURKEY;

CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 0034760945     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2001.10637893     Document Type: Article

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