Hawksbill sea turtles in seagrass pastures: Success in a peripheral habitat

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAGRASS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIA MYDAS; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 72749115422     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1304-0     Document Type: Article

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