On the occurrence of the leatherback turtle, dermochelys coriacea, in turkey (testudines: Dermochelyidae)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-75

  Taškavak, Ertan ^a   Farkas, Balázs ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Magyar Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Leatherback Turtle; Marine turtles; Mediterranean Sea; Middle East; Sea turtles; Turkey

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; TURTLE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA;

EID: 0345471854     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1998.10637756     Document Type: Article

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