Variation in spatial distribution of juvenile loggerhead turtles in the eastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Monzón Argüello, Catalina ^a,b   Rico, Ciro ^b   Carreras, Carlos ^b   Calabuig, Pascual ^c   Marco, Adolfo ^c   López Jurado, Luis Felipe ^d  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Centro de Recuperación de Fauna Silvestre de Tafira   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Loggerhead; Mitochondrial DNA; Mixed stock analysis; Oceanic juveniles

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OCEANIC CURRENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67349275033     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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