Trophic ecology of a green turtle breeding population

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-249

  Vander Zanden, Hannah B ^a   Arthur, Karen E ^b   Bolten, Alan B ^a   Popp, Brian N ^b   Lagueux, Cynthia J ^c   Harrison, Emma ^d   Campbell, Cathi L ^e   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society   (Nicaragua)

^d Sea Turtle Conservancy   (Costa Rica)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISPERSAL; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COSTA RICA; LIMON; TORTUGUERO;

EID: 84874480336     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10185     Document Type: Article

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