The presence of the green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Adriatic Sea

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-147

  Lazar, Bojan ^a,b   Casale, Paolo ^c   Tvrtković, Nikola ^a   Kožul, Valter ^d   Tutman, Pero ^d   Glavić, Nikša ^d  

^a CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^b Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation   (Croatia)

^c Inst of Oceanography and Fisheries ^*  (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

By catch; Chelonian; Marine habitats; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10644294821     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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