Sex ratio of immature Kemp's ridley turtles Lepidochelys kempi] from Gullivan Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, south-west Florida

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-208

  Witzell, W N ^a   Geis, A A ^b   Schmid, J R ^c,d   Wibbels, T ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Conservancy of Southwest Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; JUVENILE; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULLIVAN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 15944375145     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011070h     Document Type: Article

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