Migration of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Australasian feeding grounds inferred from genetic analyses

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1376-1387

  Dethmers, Kiki E M ^a,b   Jensen, Michael P ^a   Fitzsimmons, Nancy N ^a   Broderick, Damien ^c   Limpus, Colin J ^d   Moritz, Craig ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal; Indo Pacific; migratory connectivity; mixed stock analysis; mtDNA.

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; COASTAL ZONE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; FEEDING GROUND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION ROUTE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NESTING; SEAGRASS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC COAST [AUSTRALIA];

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78650271352     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10084     Document Type: Article

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