Population genetic structure and implications for natal philopatry of nesting green turtles Chelonia mydas in the Yaeyama islands, Japan

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Nishizawa, Hideaki ^a   Abe, Osamu ^b   Okuyama, Junichi ^a   Kobayashi, Masato ^b   Arai, Nobuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Conservation; Microsatellite; mtDNA; Pacific ocean; Phylogeography; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NESTING; PHILOPATRY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

INDIAN OCEAN; IRIOMOTE; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); RYUKYU ISLANDS; SAKISHIMA ISLANDS; YAEYAMA ISLANDS;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80054747207     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00355     Document Type: Article

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