Multi-year analysis of stock composition of a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) foraging habitat using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 783-796

  Bass, Anna L ^a   Epperly, Sheryan P ^b   Braun McNeill, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Juvenile; Marine turtle; Mixed stock analysis; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; GENETIC MARKER; MORTALITY; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBEMARLE ESTUARY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUCATAN;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 9644304730     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-004-1979-1     Document Type: Article

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