Orientation and open-sea navigation in sea turtles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-81

  Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a   Lohmann, Catherine M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Magnetic; Magnetoreception; Navigation; Orientation; Sea turtle; Waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007143386     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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