Oceanic habits and habitats: Caretta caretta

The Biology of Sea Turtles

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-210

  Mansfield, Katherine L ^a,b   Putman, Nathan F ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b13895     Document Type: Chapter

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