Characterization of a hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) foraging aggregation in a high-latitude reef community in southeastern Florida, USA

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 258-275

  Wood, Lawrence D ^a   Hardy, Robert ^b   Meylan, Peter A ^c   Meylan, Anne B ^b  

^a Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Developmental habitat; Endangered; Haplotypes; Size; Southeast Florida Continental Reef Tract

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885163821     PISSN: 21510733     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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