Venous blood gases and lactates of wild loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) following two capture techniques

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 366-374

  Harms, Craig A ^a   Mallo, Kate M ^b   Ross, Patricia M ^b   Segars, Al ^c  

^a Center for Marine Sciences/Technol ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Lactate; Loggerhead sea turtle; Pound net; Trawl; Venous blood gases

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 3042520867     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.366     Document Type: Article

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