Feeding ecology of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at rocky reefs in western South Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3169-3179

  Reisser, Júlia ^a,b   Proietti, Maíra ^a   Sazima, Ivan ^c   Kinas, Paul ^a   Horta, Paulo ^d   Secchi, Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING GROUND; MACROALGA; MARINE PARK; RED ALGA; ROCKY SHORE; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL;

CHELONIA MYDAS; INVERTEBRATA; PTEROCLADIELLA CAPILLACEA; RHODOPHYTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84888291011     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2304-7     Document Type: Article

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