Modelling the effect of fibropapilloma disease on the somatic growth dynamics of Hawaiian green sea turtles

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1251-1260

  Chaloupka, Milani ^a   Balazs, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; TURTLE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOLOKAI; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHELONIA (GENUS); TESTUDINES;

EID: 26444509426     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0026-1     Document Type: Article

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