Príncipe island hawksbills: Genetic isolation of an eastern Atlantic stock

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 345-354

  Monzon Arguello C ^a,b   Loureiro, N S ^c,d   Delgado, C ^e   Marco, A ^b   Lopes, J M ^d   Gomes, M G ^d   Abreu Grobois, F A ^f  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d Programa SADA Sustainable Conservation   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Eretmochelys imbricata; Mitochondrial DNA; Mixed stock analysis; Population structure; Western Africa

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CLADISTICS; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOVEMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); PRINCIPE; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA BISSA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80052469726     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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