Orientation, navigation, and natal beach homing in sea turtles

The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume I

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 107-135

  Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a   Witherington, Blair E ^b   Lohmann, Catherine M F ^a   Salmon, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203737088     Document Type: Chapter

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