Telemetry tagging methods for some freshwater reptiles

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Doody, J Sean ^a   Roe, John ^a,b   Mayes, Phillip ^c   Ishiyama, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carettochelys insculpta; Chelodina longicollis; Chelodina rugosa; Physignathus lesueurii; Radio telemetry; Varanus mertensi.

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIZARD; RADIOTELEMETRY; TAGGING; TURTLE;

CARETTOCHELYS; CARETTOCHELYS INSCULPTA; CHELODINA LONGICOLLIS; CHELODINA RUGOSA; PHYSIGNATHUS LESUEURII; REPTILIA; SAURURUS CERNUUS; SUIDAE; TESTUDINES; VARANUS MERTENSI;

EID: 67549099364     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08158     Document Type: Article

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