Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada
The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) principally occupies tropical and subtropical waters, although juveniles are known to occur seasonally in temperate coastal waters. Collaboration with commercial fishers in eastern Canada yielded the most northerly records of this species in the northwest Atlantic....
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ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/59 2024-09-15T18:26:21+00:00 Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada James, Michael C. Martin, Kathleen Dutton, Peter H. 2004-10-01 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/59 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i4.59 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/59/58 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/59 doi:10.22621/cfn.v118i4.59 The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 118 No. 4 (2004); 579-582 0008-3550 Green turtle Chelonia mydas hybrid Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta Atlantic Canada info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2004 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i4.59 2024-08-06T03:02:00Z The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) principally occupies tropical and subtropical waters, although juveniles are known to occur seasonally in temperate coastal waters. Collaboration with commercial fishers in eastern Canada yielded the most northerly records of this species in the northwest Atlantic. Here we report on the first confirmed record of a Green Turtle in eastern Canada and on the occurrence of a rare Green Turtle–Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) hybrid. Hybridization between the Carettini and Chelonini is extraordinary given that these groups have been genetically distinct for 50 million years or more. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic The Canadian Field-Naturalist The Canadian Field-Naturalist 118 4 579 |
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The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) principally occupies tropical and subtropical waters, although juveniles are known to occur seasonally in temperate coastal waters. Collaboration with commercial fishers in eastern Canada yielded the most northerly records of this species in the northwest Atlantic. Here we report on the first confirmed record of a Green Turtle in eastern Canada and on the occurrence of a rare Green Turtle–Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) hybrid. Hybridization between the Carettini and Chelonini is extraordinary given that these groups have been genetically distinct for 50 million years or more. |
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Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada |
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Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada |
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Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada |
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Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada |
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Hybridization Between a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, and Loggerhead Turtle, Caretta caretta, and the First Record of a Green Turtle in Atlantic Canada |
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hybridization between a green turtle, chelonia mydas, and loggerhead turtle, caretta caretta, and the first record of a green turtle in atlantic canada |
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