Population subdivision in hawksbill turtles nesting on Barbados, West Indies, determined from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1541-1546

  Browne, Darren C ^a   Horrocks, J A ^a   Abreu Grobois, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Eretmochelys imbricata; Mixed stock analysis; Population structure; Stock identification

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FEEDING GROUND; FIELD SURVEY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NESTING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SITE INVESTIGATION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK IDENTIFICATION; TURTLE;

BARBADOS;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953959633     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9883-3     Document Type: Article

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