| green turtle (chelonia mydas) foraging and nesting aggregations in the caribbean and atlantic: impact of currents and behavior on dispersal. | although significant amounts of research have been dedicated to increasing the knowledge of the life history of green turtles (chelonia mydas), large gaps exist in our understanding of juvenile migratory behavior. these gaps can be filled by genetic studies of foraging ground aggregations. using mitochondrial dna markers and bayesian analyses, samples (n = 106) from a foraging aggregation in north carolina indicated that animals from the east coast of the united states (54%) and mexico (27%) dom ... | 2006 | 16782781 |