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Mixed stock analysis of juvenile loggerheads (Caretta caretta) in Indian River Lagoon, Florida: implications for conservation planning

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Acknowledgements

Sample collection was accomplished with logistical assistance from the University of Central Florida Marine Turtle Research Group. We also thank Todd Castoe, John E. Fauth, and Reed F. Noss for their editorial comments. Much of this research was made possible by Dean Bagley, who maintained samples for genetic analyses for nearly a decade. Funding was provided by the University of Central Florida startup funds program, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Caribbean Conservation Corporation License Plate Grant, an NSF grant to CLP (DEB-0416000) and from the Theodore Roosevelt Fund of the American Museum of Natural History, and a Biology Graduate Research Enhancement Award from the University of Central Florida to JSR.

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    Joshua S. Reece, Llewellyn M. Ehrhart & Christopher L. Parkinson

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Reece, J.S., Ehrhart, L.M. & Parkinson, C.L. Mixed stock analysis of juvenile loggerheads (Caretta caretta) in Indian River Lagoon, Florida: implications for conservation planning. Conserv Genet 7, 345–352 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-005-9046-0

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