Loggerhead turtles nesting in Libya: An important management unit for the Mediterranean stock

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 450, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-218

  Saied, Almokhtar ^a   Maffucci, Fulvio ^b   Hochscheid, Sandra ^b   Dryag, Salih ^a   Swayeb, Bashir ^a   Borra, Marco ^b   Ouerghi, Atef ^c   Procaccini, Gabriele ^b   Bentivegna, Flegra ^b  

^a Environment General Authority   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c UNEP MAP RAC/SPA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal pattern; Homing; Loggerhead turtle; MtDNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ADRIATIC SEA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84859235517     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09548     Document Type: Article

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