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Morphological Variations in the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas): A Field Study on an Eastern Mediterranean Nesting Population

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Sönmez, Bektaş (2019): Morphological Variations in the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas): A Field Study on an Eastern Mediterranean Nesting Population. Zoological Studies 58 (16): 1-13, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2019.58-16, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8064491

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