In-water observations of the diving behaviour of immature hawksbill turtles, eretmochelys imbricata, on a coral reef at D'Arros Island, Republic of Seychelles

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Von Brandis, Rainer G ^a,c   Mortimer, Jeanne A ^b,c   Reilly, Brian K ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c D'Arros Research Centre   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Cheloniidae; dive depth; dive duration; diving behavior; Eretmochelys imbricata; hawksbill turtle; physiology; Reptilia; Seychelles; Testudines

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953819464     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0815.1     Document Type: Article

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