The diet of pelagic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) off the Balearic archipelago (western Mediterranean): Relevance of long-line baits

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 805-813

  Revelles, M ^a   Cardona, L ^a   Aguilar, A ^a   Fernandez G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Fundación Aspro Natura   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CEPHALOPOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURTLE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CEPHALOPODA; COTYLORHIZA TUBERCULATA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34249099686     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054707     Document Type: Article

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