Sea turtle population structure and connections between oceanic and neritic foraging areas in the Atlantic revealed through trace elements

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 490, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-246

  López Castro, Melania C ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Kamenov, George D ^a   Zenil Ferguson, Rosana ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Green turtle; Oceanic stages; Open ocean; Population connectivity; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; OPEN OCEAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884509551     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10433     Document Type: Article

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