Characterization of a subtropical hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmocheyles imbricata) assemblage utilizing shallow water natural and artificial Habitats in the Florida Keys

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Gorham, Jonathan C ^a   Clark, David R ^a   Bresette, Michael J ^a   Bagley, Dean A ^a   Keske, Carrie L ^a   Traxler, Steve L ^a   Witherington, Blair E ^a   Shamblin, Brian M ^b   Nairn, Campbell J ^b  

^a Inwater Research Group Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERETMOCHEYLES IMBRICATA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HAPLOTYPE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEA TURTLE; SEX RATIO; SUBADULT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TURTLE;

ERETMOCHELYS; TESTUDINES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; SEX RATIO; TESTOSTERONE; TURTLES;

EID: 84919361182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114171     Document Type: Article

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