"Shark fishing": A method for determining the abundance and distribution of sea turtles at shallow reef habitats

Herpetological Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-38

  Makowski, Christopher ^a,b   Slattery, Ryan ^a   Salmon, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marine Science and Biological Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 15944362757     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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