Genetic structure of the southeastern United States loggerhead turtle nesting aggregation: Evidence of additional structure within the peninsular Florida recovery unit

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 571-587

  Shamblin, Brian M ^a   Dodd, Mark G ^b   Bagley, Dean A ^c   Ehrhart, Llewellyn M ^c   Tucker, Anton D ^d   Johnson, Chris ^e   Carthy, Raymond R ^f   Scarpino, Russell A ^f   McMichael, Erin ^f   Addison, David S ^g   Williams, Kristina L ^h   Frick, Michael G ^h   Ouellette, Stefanie ⁱ   Meylan, Anne B ^j   Godfrey, Matthew H ^k   Murphy, Sally R ^l   Nairn, Campbell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Loggerhead Marinelife Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g Conservancy of Southwest Florida ^*  (United States)

^h Caretta Research Project   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^j FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^l SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NESTING; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79951769862     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1582-6     Document Type: Article

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