Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) as bioturbators in neritic habitats: An insight through the analysis of benthic molluscs in the diet

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  Lazar, Bojan ^a,b,c   Gracan, Romana ^d   Katic, Jelena ^e   Zavodnik, Dušan ^a   Jaklin, Andrej ^a   Tvrtkovic, Nikola ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^b Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^e RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bioturbation; Ecological role; Feeding ecology; Mollusca; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; SCAPHOPODA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78751620239     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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