Attachment of popup archival transmitting (PAT) tags to loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Herpetological Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-425

  Epperly, Sheryan P ^a   Wyneken, Jeanette ^b   Flanagan, Joseph P ^c   Harms, Craig A ^d   Higgins, Benjamin ^e  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Houston Zoo Inc   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38549097756     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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