Ecology of loggerhead marine turtles Caretta caretta in a neritic foraging habitat: Movements, sex ratios and growth rates

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-529

  Rees, ALan F ^a,b   Margaritoulis, Dimitris ^a   Newman, Robert ^a   Riggall, Thomas E ^a   Tsaros, Paul ^a   Zbinden, Judith A ^b   Godley, Brendan J ^b  

^a Solomou   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE AT MATURITY; BIOTELEMETRY; BODY SIZE; FEEDING GROUND; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION MODELING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEX RATIO; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

AMVRAKIKOS GULF; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84874279592     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2107-2     Document Type: Article

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