Locomotion performance of green turtle hatchlings from the Heron Island Rookery, Great Barrier Reef

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1399-1409

  Ischer, Tahia ^a   Ireland, Katarina ^a   Booth, David Terrington ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; INCUBATION; NEST; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HERON ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67349087402     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1180-7     Document Type: Article

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