Mass strandings of cold-stunned loggerhead turtles in the south Iberian Peninsula: Etiological implications

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-405

  Bellido, J J ^a,b   Baez, J C ^b,c   Sanchez, R F ^d   Castillo, J J ^a   Martin J J ^a   Mons, J L ^a   Real, R ^b  

^a Aula del Mar de Málaga   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIOLOGY; MASS STRANDING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 60249100055     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2008.9522520     Document Type: Short Survey

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