Immature east pacific green turtles (chelonia mydas) use multiple foraging areas off the pacific coast of baja california sur, mexico: First evidence from mark-recapture data

Pacific Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-130

  Senko, Jesse ^a   López Castro, Melania C ^a,b   Koch, Volker ^c   Nichols, Wallace J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Grupo Tortuguero de Las Californias   (Mexico)

^c Universidad de Baja California Sur   (Mexico)

^d Ocean Revolution   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT USE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; NEW RECORD; SITE FIDELITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAGGING; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952302488     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/64.1.125     Document Type: Article

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