Tag recoveries of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta in the eastern Adriatic Sea: Implications for conservation

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 475-480

  Lazar, Bojan ^a,b   Margaritoulis, Dimitris ^c   Tvrtković, Nikola ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^b Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation   (Croatia)

^c Solomou   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; SITE FIDELITY; TAGGING; TURTLE;

ADRIATIC SEA; ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1942438015     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009488h     Document Type: Article

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