Estimating body mass in leatherback turtles Dermochelys coriacea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 318, Issue , 2006, Pages 255-262

  Georges, Jean Yves ^a   Fossette, Sabrina ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Biometry; Body mass; Dermochely coriacea; General linear model; Leatherback turtle; Life history; Meta analysis; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOMETRY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

AWALA YALIMAPO; FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748418073     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps318255     Document Type: Article

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