Predicted sex ratio of juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtles captured near Steinhatchee, Florida

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 393-398

  Geis, Alyssa A ^a   Barichivich, William J ^b   Wibbels, Thane ^a   Coyne, Michael ^c   Landry Jr , Andre M ^d   Owens, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Grice Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOASSAY; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

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

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 18644365636     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-03-089R1     Document Type: Article

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