Sex ratio of an immature Hawksbill seaturtle aggregation at Mona Island, Puerto Rico

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 533-537

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

^a Programa de Especies Protegidas   (Puerto Rico)

^b Chelonia Inc   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141461585     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/56-02N     Document Type: Article

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