Hatch rates of loggerhead turtles and physical characteristics of the beach at Fethiye, Turkey

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 231-232

  Türkozan, Oǧuz ^a   Ilgaz, Çetin ^b   Taşkavak, Ertan ^c   Özdemir, Adem ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HATCHING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

TURKEY;

AMPHIBIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037326812     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300701Xh     Document Type: Article

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