Somatic growth dynamics of West Atlantic hawksbill sea turtles: a spatio‐temporal perspective
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecosphere
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2150-8925,2150-8925
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1279