Evidence for transoceanic migrations by loggerhead sea turtles in the southern Pacific Ocean

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 1993-1999

  Boyle, M C ^a   FitzSimmons, N N ^b   Limpus, C J ^e   Kelez, S ^c   Velez Zuazo, X ^d   Waycott, M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Conservation genetics; Marine turtles; Molecular markers; mtDNA; Post hatchling

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORTALITY; TRANSMIGRATION; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HATCHING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 66149192555     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1931     Document Type: Article

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