Mixed stock analysis of juvenile green turtles aggregating at two foraging grounds in Fiji reveals major contribution from the American Samoa Management Unit

In this study we assessed the breeding population, or Management Unit (MU), origin of green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) present at Yadua Island and Makogai Island foraging grounds in Fiji, central South Pacific. Based on analysis of mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences from 150 immature green turtles cau...

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Published in:	Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 3150
Main Authors:	Piovano, Susanna, Batibasaga, Aisake, Ciriyawa, Ana, LaCasella, Erin L., Dutton, Peter H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.02.2019 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	45 45/77 631/158/2039 631/158/2464 631/158/672 Aquatic reptiles Bayesian analysis Breeding Chelonia mydas Haplotypes Humanities and Social Sciences Islands Mitochondrial DNA multidisciplinary Nesting Nucleotide sequence Relative abundance Science Science (multidisciplinary) Telemetry American Samoa Fiji United States > US French Polynesia
ISSN:	2045-2322, 2045-2322
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