Biologists at Texas A&M think Kemp's Ridley turtles may follow their noses

Date

1990

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The Texas Water Resources Institute

Abstract

This short article discusses two scientists from the Biology Department at Texas A&M University are going to study the sea turtles sense of smell and its use in nesting.

Description

pg. 6

Keywords

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, Lepidochelys kempi, sea turtles, navigation, spawning migrations, orientation behavior, olfactory organs, olfaction

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