Habitat effect on hawksbill turtle growth rates on feeding grounds at Mona and Monito Islands, Puerto Rico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 234, Issue , 2002, Pages 301-309

  Diez, Carlos E ^a   Van Dam, Robert P ^a  

^a Programa de Especies Protegidas   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Carapace length; Eretmochelys imbricata; Foraging ground; Growth rate; Habitat quality; Hawksbill turtle; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; TURTLE;

MONA ISLAND; MONITO ISLAND; PUERTO RICO;

AMPHIBIA; DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037013995     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps234301     Document Type: Article

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