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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 caugh...

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Autores principales: Piovano, Susanna, Batibasaga, Aisake, Ciriyawa, Ana, LaCasella, Erin L., Dutton, Peter H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6395598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30816199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39475-w