Predicting connectivity of green turtles at Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific: A focus on mtDNA and dispersal modelling

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 93, 2014, Pages

  Naro Maciel, Eugenia ^a   Gaughran, Stephen J ^b   Putman, Nathan F ^c   Amato, George ^b   Arengo, Felicity ^b   Dutton, Peter H ^d   McFadden, Katherine W ^e   Vintinner, Erin C ^b   Sterling, Eleanor J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Control region; Feeding ground; Marine turtle; Mixed stock analysis; Ocean currents

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONTROL REGION; MARINE TURTLE; MIXED STOCK ANALYSIS; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; REGIONAL MANAGEMENT; THREATENED SPECIES;

CONSERVATION;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FORAGING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEAN CURRENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SIMULATION; TURTLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHELONIA MYDAS; CONTROL REGION; FEEDING GROUND; GENETICS; MARINE TURTLE; MIXED STOCK ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CONTROL REGION; FEEDING GROUND; MARINE TURTLE; MIXED STOCK ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

EID: 84896938624     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0888     Document Type: Article

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