Mitochondrial DNA reveals regional and interregional importance of the central Mediterranean African shelf for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Mitochondrial DNA reveals regional and interregional importance of the central Mediterranean African shelf for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

The wide north African continental shelf in the central Mediterranean is known to be one of the few important areas in the basin for loggerhead turtles in the neritic stage. In order to assess the origin of these turtles, sequences of the mtDNA control region were obtained from 70 turtles caught by...

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Main Authors: Paolo Casale, Daniela Freggi, Paolo Gratton, Roberto Argano, Marco Oliverio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2008-09-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Subjects:
caretta caretta
mtdna
mixed stock analysis
conservation
mediterranean
Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1011

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