Ecology of juvenile hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Buck Island Reef National Monument, US Virgin Islands

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2567-2580

  Hart, Kristen M ^a   Sartain, Autumn R ^b   Hillis Starr, Zandy Marie ^c   Phillips, Brendalee ^d   Mayor, Philippe A ^c   Roberson, Kimberly ^e   Pemberton Jr , Roy A ^f   Allen, Jason B ^g   Lundgren, Ian ^c   Musick, Susanna ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CNTS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Division of Fish and Wildlife DPNR Government of US Virgin Islands   (United States)

^g MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; SIZE; TURTLE;

BUCK ISLAND REEF NATIONAL MONUMENT; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; SAINT CROIX; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 84884675718     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2249-x     Document Type: Article

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