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The Ecology And Migrations Of Sea Turtles 8. Tests Of The Developmental Habitat Hypothesis

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Meylan, Peter A., Meylan, Anne B., Gray, Jennifer A. (2011): The Ecology And Migrations Of Sea Turtles 8. Tests Of The Developmental Habitat Hypothesis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (357): 1-70, DOI: 10.1206/357.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/357.1

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