The Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, population of Raine Island and the northern Great Barrier Reef: 1843-2001

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 349-440

  Limpus, Colin J ^a   Miller, Jeffrey D ^a   Parmenter, C John ^b   Limpus, Duncan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0141975706     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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