Occurrence of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Gulf of California, México: Evidence of Life-History Variation in the Pacific Ocean

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-27

  Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^a,f   Resendiz, Antonio ^b   Resendiz, Beatris ^c   Nichols, Wallace J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^c Sea Turtle Research Station   (Mexico)

^d Wildcoast Intl Conservation Team   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1442291141     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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