Genetic structure of Florida green turtle rookeries as indicated by mitochondrial DNA control region sequences

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: STARS 2015
• Subjects: Population structure; Sea turtle; Chelonia mydas; Mitochondrial DNA; Haplotype; CHELONIA-MYDAS POPULATIONS; SEA-TURTLES; MARINE TURTLES; COSTA-RICA; CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS; CARETTA-CARETTA; STOCK STRUCTURE; MIXED; STOCK; ATLANTIC; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; Biodiversity Conservation; Genetics & Heredity; Jupiter; Jupiter Island; Hutchinson Island
• Online Access: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6795

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting has increased dramatically in Florida over the past two decades, ranking the Florida nesting aggregation among the largest in the Greater Caribbean region. Individual beaches that comprise several hundred kilometers of Florida's east coast and Keys support...