Ontogenetic Shifts in Diet and Habitat by Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) along the Middle and Lower Texas Coast

Ontogenetic Shifts in Diet and Habitat by Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) along the Middle and Lower Texas Coast

Effective population management of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) necessitates understanding the temporal variation in foraging grounds used in ontogenetic stages, and the effect that the assimilated diet within those habitats has on nutritional gain, growth and eventual reproductive output. Tex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howell, Lyndsey
Other Authors: Landry, Jr., André M.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Sea Turtles
Ontogenetic Shifts
Foraging Ecology
Stomach Content Analysis
Stable Isotope Analysis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11797

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http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-08-11797

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