First record of an immature green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on a fluvial island, Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, Amazonas river, Brazil | Zendy

Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos | Zendy; Rafael Cabral dos Santos | Zendy; Ananda Silva Araújo | Zendy; Núcia Nayara Guedes Paes | Zendy

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First record of an immature green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on a fluvial island, Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, Amazonas river, Brazil

Author(s) -

Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos,

Rafael Cabral dos Santos,

Ananda Silva Araújo,

Núcia Nayara Guedes Paes

Publication year - 2013

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/9.2.434

Subject(s) - turtle (robot) , fluvial , amazon rainforest , fishery , geography , salinity , salt water , biology , ecology , oceanography , geology , paleontology , structural basin

On March 8th, 2011 we recorded an immature green turtle Chelonia mydas at the Reserva Biologica do Parazinho, eastern Amazonia, Brazil. This record of C. mydas on a fluvial island, where the aquatic environment is a mixture of fresh and salt water, suggests that this typical marine species potentially tolerates lower levels of water salinity.

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