A survey of the epibiota of Eretmochelys imbricata (Testudines: Cheloniidae) of Mona Island, Puerto Rico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2003, Pages 87-90

  Schärer, Michelle T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ecology; Epibiont; Epibiota; Eretmochelys imbricata; Mona Island; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; TURTLE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATES; PUERTO RICO; TURTLES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642313772     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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