Normal blood chemistry of free-living green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas, from the United Arab Emirates

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 174-177

  Hasbún, Carlos Roberto ^a,c,d   Lawrence, A J ^c,d   Naldo, J ^b   Samour, J H ^b   Al Ghais, S M ^a  

^a Marine Environment Research Institute   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Wildlife Veterinary Research Institute   (United Arab Emirates)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Blood chemistry; Chelonia mydas; Clinically normal; Green sea turtle

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749115601     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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