Ontogeny of diving and feeding behavior in juvenile seaturtles: Leatherback seaturtles (Dermochelys coriacea L) and green seaturtles (Chelonia mydas L) in the Florida current

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-43

  Salmon, Michael ^a   Jones, T Todd ^a   Horch, Kenneth W ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURELIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MYDAS; SARGASSUM; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA;

EID: 2142665766     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/228-01A     Document Type: Article

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