Origins of green turtle (Chelonia myda) feeding aggregations around Barbados, West Indies

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 799-805

  Luke, K ^a   Horrocks, J A ^a   LeRoux, R A ^b   Dutton, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

AVES; CHELONIA MYDAS; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 2342438241     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1241-2     Document Type: Article

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