Utilization of Brunei Bay (Malaysia) as a developmental and foraging habitat for hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Regional Studies in Marine Science

Volumn 16, Issue , 2017, Pages 304-307

  Joseph, Juanita ^a   Nishizawa, Hideaki ^b   Hassan, Marina ^a   Zakariah, Mohd Ihwan bin ^a   Jaaman, Saifullah A ^a   Zhang, Xuelei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Critically endangered; Developmental habitat; Foraging ground; Mitochondrial haplotype; Sea turtles; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032017500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2017.09.012     Document Type: Article

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