Diet of immature Kemp's ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempi) from Gullivan Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, Southwest Florida

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-199

  Witzell, Wayne N ^a   Schmid, Jeffrey R ^b,c  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Conservancy of Southwest Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; TURTLE;

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

ARANEAE; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; LEUCOSIIDAE; LIBINIA; MAJIDAE; MOLGULA OCCIDENTALIS; MOLLUSCA; PERSEPHONA MEDITERRANEA; TESTUDINES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 24944499698     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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