Spatial and temporal variability in somatic growth of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) resident in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Marine Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1043-1059

  Balazs, G H ^a   Chaloupka, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FEEDING GROUND; GROWTH RATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; HAWAIIA; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 7044260806     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1387-6     Document Type: Article

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