Home range and habitat use of juvenile Atlantic green turtles (Chelonia mydas L.) on shallow reef habitats in Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1167-1179

  Makowski, Christopher ^a,c   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^b   Salmon, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Marine Science and Biological Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; REEF; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33344464250     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0150-y     Document Type: Article

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