Ecology of hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, on a western caribbean foraging ground

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Blumenthal, J M ^a,b   Austin, T J ^a   Bell, C D L ^b   Bothwell, J B ^a   Broderick, A C ^b   Ebanks Petrie, G ^a   Gibb, J A ^a   Luke, K E ^a   Olynik, J R ^a   Orr, M E ^a   Solomon, J L ^a   Godley, B J ^b  

^a Cayman Islands Government   (Cayman Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cayman islands; Cheloniidae; Eretmochelys imbricata; Habitat use; Hawksbill; Marine turtle; Reptilia; Tagging; Testudlnes

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; GORGONACEA; REPTILIA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67650904164     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0758.1     Document Type: Article

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