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Carapace epibionts of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting at Canaveral National Seashore, Florida

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Pages 1095-1102 | Received 24 Aug 2007, Accepted 12 Dec 2007, Published online: 02 Dec 2010

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