An assessment of initial body size in loggerhead sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings in Turkey

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-380

  Özdemir, Adem ^a   Ilgaz, Çetin ^b   Kumlutaş, Yusuf ^b   Durmuş, Salih Hakan ^b   Kaska, Yakup ^c   Türkozan, Oǧuz ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asynchronous; Body size; Dalyan; Egg size; Fethiye; G ksu Delta; Hatchling; Incubation duration; Loggerhead turtle; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250204477     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.376     Document Type: Article

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