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No rest for the weary: restricted resting behaviour of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a deep-neritic foraging area influences expression of life history traits

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Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Whitman, Elizabeth R., Wallace, Bryan P., Bayless, Ali, Resendiz, Antonio, Jones, T. Todd (2021): No rest for the weary: restricted resting behaviour of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a deep-neritic foraging area influences expression of life history traits. Journal of Natural History 54 (45-46): 2979-3001, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1887387, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1887387

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