Multiple distant origins for green sea turtles aggregating off Gorgona Island in the Colombian eastern Pacific.

Mitochondrial DNA analyses have been useful for resolving maternal lineages and migratory behavior to foraging grounds (FG) in sea turtles. However, little is known about source rookeries and haplotype composition of foraging green turtle aggregations in the southeastern Pacific. We used mitochondri...

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Main Authors: Diego F Amorocho, F Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Peter H Dutton, Richard D Reina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3271101?pdf=render