Population structure and conservation implications for the loggerhead sea turtle of the Cape Verde Islands

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1871-1884

  Monzón Argüello, Catalina ^a   Rico, Ciro ^b   Naro Maciel, Eugenia ^c   Varo Cruz, Nuria ^d   López, Pedro ^e   Marco, Adolfo ^b   López Jurado, Luis Felipe ^d  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

^e Capa Verder Ltd   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Caretta; Conservation genetics; Macaronesia; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEST SITE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77956812977     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0079-7     Document Type: Article

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