Migration of green turtles Chelonia mydas from Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 435-447

  Troëng, Sebastian ^a   Evans, Daniel R ^b   Harrison, Emma ^a   Lagueux, Cynthia J ^c  

^a Caribbean Conservation and Sea Turtle Survival League   (Costa Rica)

^b Caribbean Conservation Corporation   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LIMON; TORTUGUERO;

CHELONIA MYDAS; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SP.; TESTUDINES;

EID: 28444472041     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0076-4     Document Type: Article

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