Hawksbill turtles as significant predators on hard coral

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 759-759

  Obura, D O ^a   Harvey, A ^b   Young, T ^c   Eltayeb, M M ^d   von Brandis, R ^e  

^a CORDIO East Africa ^*  (Kenya)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d IUCN Global Marine Program   (Jordan)

^e D'Arros Research Centre (DRC)   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POLYP; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURTLE;

ANTHOZOA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77954861556     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0611-8     Document Type: Article

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3. Meylan A (1988) Spongivory in hawksbill turtles: a diet of glass. Science 239: 393-395.