Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta)

Juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from West Atlantic nesting beaches occupy oceanic (pelagic) habitats in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, whereas larger juvenile turtles occupy shallow (neritic) habitats along the continental coastline of North America. Hence the switch from ocea...

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Published in:	Molecular ecology Vol. 13; no. 12; pp. 3797 - 3808
Main Authors:	BOWEN, BRIAN W., BASS, ANNA L., CHOW, SHAIO-MEI, BOSTROM, MEREDITH, BJORNDAL, KAREN A., BOLTEN, ALAN B., OKUYAMA, TOSHINORI, BOLKER, BENJAMIN M., EPPERLY, SHERYAN, LACASELLA, ERIN, SHAVER, DONNA, DODD, MARK, HOPKINS- MURPHY, SALLY R., MUSICK, JOHN A., SWINGLE, MARK, RANKIN-BARANSKY, KAREN, TEAS, WENDY, WITZELL, WAYNE N., DUTTON, PETER H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2004
Subjects:	Analysis of Variance Animal behavior Animal reproduction Animals Aquatic reptiles Atlantic Ocean Bayes Theorem Bayesian Coastal hazards conservation genetics Demography DNA Primers DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics Feeding Behavior - physiology Genetic Variation Habitats Haplotypes - genetics Homing Behavior - physiology Marine marine turtles Mitochondrial DNA mixed stock analysis Nesting North America Population structure Reproduction - physiology Reptiles & amphibians Sequence Analysis, DNA Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Turtles Turtles - genetics Turtles - physiology North America Atlantic Ocean
ISSN:	0962-1083, 1365-294X
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