New records of epibionts from loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta (L.)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 953-956

  Frick, Michael G ^a   Williams, Kristina L ^a   Veljacic, David C ^a  

^a Caretta Research Project   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIBIONT; NEW RECORD; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036590582     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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