Biodiversity of carapace epibiont diatoms in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758) in the Aegean Sea Turkish coast

Background The Aegean Sea coast of Turkey hosts one of the most important nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Previous studies have revealed that the sea turtle carapace provides favourable conditions for various epibiontic organisms. Epibionts occu...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Aydın Kaleli, Ana Car, Andrzej Witkowski, Marta Krzywda, Catherine Riaux-Gobin, Cüneyt Nadir Solak, Yakup Kaska, Izabela Zgłobicka, Tomasz Płociński, Rafał Wróbel, Krzysztof Kurzydłowski
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2020-07-01
Subjects:	Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) Biodiversity Caretta caretta Epibionts The Mediterranean Sea Turkey
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/9406.pdf