Sea turtle locomotion: Mechanisms, behavior, and energetics

The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume I

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 165-198

  Wyneken, Jeanette ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203737088     Document Type: Chapter

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