Dietary preferences of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on a tropical reef flat

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 671-678

  Fuentes, Mariana M P B ^a   Lawler, Ivan R ^a   Gyuris, Emma ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; JUVENILE; SEAGRASS; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GREEN ISLAND [GREAT BARRIER REEF]; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; CHELONIA MYDAS; CYMODOCEA; GALAXAURA; GELIDIELLA; GRACILARIA; HALIMEDA; HALODULE; HYPNEA; SYRINGODIUM; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 33845766219     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR05081     Document Type: Article

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