Population structure and genetic diversity in green turtles nesting at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, based on mitochondrial DNA control region sequences

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1449-1457

  Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a   Troëng, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846151101     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0045-y     Document Type: Article

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