Immature sea turtles in Gullivan Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, southwest Florida

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-61

  Witzell, Wayne N ^a   Schmid, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; JUVENILE; SPECIES INVENTORY; TURTLE;

FLORIDA; GULLIVAN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI;

EID: 4444327632     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2201.05     Document Type: Article

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