Genetic characterization of eastern Atlantic hawksbill turtles at a foraging group indicates major undiscovered nesting populations in the region

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Monzón Argüello, Catalina ^a,b,c   Rico, Ciro ^b   Marco, Adolfo ^b   López, Pedro ^d   López Jurado, Luis Felipe ^c  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d Cape Verde Ltd   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation genetics; Eastern Atlantic; Eretmochelys imbricata; Foraging grounds; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

AFRICA; CAPE VERDE;

ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77951023645     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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