Dispersal, recruitment and migratory behaviour in a hawksbill sea turtle aggregation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 839-853

  Velez Zuazo, Ximena ^a   Ramos, Willy D ^a   Van Dam, Robert P ^b   Diez, Carlos E ^b,c   Abreu Grobois, Alberto ^d   McMillan, W Owen ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Chelonia Inc   (Puerto Rico)

^c Programa de Especies Protegidas   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Eretmochelys imbricata; Mitochondrial DNA; Mixed stock analysis; Mona Island; Natal homing

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUERTO RICO; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURTLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUERTO RICO; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; TURTLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38349174396     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03635.x     Document Type: Article

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