Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) matrilines in the Mediterranean: Further evidence of genetic diversity and connectivity

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2085-2095

  Garofalo, Luisa ^a   Mingozzi, Toni ^b   Micò, Annunziata ^b   Novelletto, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FEEDING GROUND; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEST SITE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70349869187     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1239-5     Document Type: Article

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