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Turtle groups or turtle soup: dispersal patterns of hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2009
Blumenthal J M, Abreu-Grobois F A, Austin T J, Broderick A C, Bruford M W, Coyne M S, Ebanks-Petrie G, Formia A, Meylan P A, Meylan A B, Godley B J
Abstract excerpt
Despite intense interest in conservation of marine turtles, spatial ecology during the oceanic juvenile phase remains relatively unknown. Here, we used mixed stock analysis and examination of oceanic drift to elucidate movements of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) and address management implications within the Caribbean. Among samples collected from 92 neritic juvenile hawksbills in the Cayman Islands...
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