Young sea turtles of the pelagic Sargassum-dominated drift community: habitat use, population density, and threats

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Marine Ecology Progress Series

• Publication date

  2012-08-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.3354/MEPS09970
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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