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Land Use, Macroalgae, and a Tumor-Forming Disease in Marine Turtles

Wildlife diseases are an increasing concern for endangered species conservation, but their occurrence, causes, and human influences are often unknown. We analyzed 3,939 records of stranded Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) over 28 years to understand fibropapillomatosis, a tumor-forming di...

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Autores principales: Van Houtan, Kyle S., Hargrove, Stacy K., Balazs, George H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2947502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012900