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Maternal Health Status Correlates with Nest Success of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida

Of the seven sea turtle species, the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) exhibits the lowest and most variable nest success (i.e., hatching success and emergence success) for reasons that remain largely unknown. In an attempt to identify or rule out causes of low repr...

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Autores principales: Perrault, Justin R., Miller, Debra L., Eads, Erica, Johnson, Chris, Merrill, Anita, Thompson, Larry J., Wyneken, Jeanette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22359635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031841