Comparing methods for the assessment of reproductive activity in adult male loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta at Cape Canaveral, Florida

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-85

  Blanvillain, Gaëlle ^a   Pease, Anthony P ^b   Segars, Al L ^c   Rostal, David C ^d   Richards, Adam J ^e   Owens, David W ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Corticosterone; Histology; Laparoscopy; Plastron softness; Reptilia; Testosterone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPTILE; TESTOSTERONE;

CAPE CANAVERAL; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 55849106993     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00136     Document Type: Article

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