The Gulf of Manfredonia: a new neritic foraging area for loggerhead sea turtles in the Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is an important foraging area for the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, but neritic habitats for this species along the Italian coast were identified in the northern shallow area only. The Gulf of Manfredonia is a relatively wide shallow area in the south-west Adriatic and its...

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Main Authors: Paolo Casale, Giovanni Simone, Ciro Conoscitore, Michele Conoscitore, Pasquale Salvemini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2012-06-01
Series:Acta Herpetologica
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1638