Genetic diversity of Chelonibia caretta, commensal barnacles of the endangered hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata from the Caribbean (Puerto Rico)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 719-725

  Torres Pratts, Háernn ^a   Schärer, Michelle T ^a   Schizas, Nikolaos V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Hawksbill turtle; MtDNA; Puerto Rico; Turtle barnacles

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENDER; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOGENEITY; MITOCHONDRION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; MONA ISLAND; PUERTO RICO;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIBIA CARETTA; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES; THORACICA;

EID: 69749115460     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000046     Document Type: Article

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