Foraging ecology and nutrition of sea turtles

The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume I

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 199-231

  Bjornclal, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203737088     Document Type: Chapter

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