Migration and diving behavior of Kemp's ridley (Garman) sea turtles along the U.S. southeastern Atlantic coast

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 115-135

  Gitschlag, Gregg R ^a  

^a NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving behavior; Kemp's ridley; Migration; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

COASTAL WATERS; DIVING; DIVING BEHAVIOUR; KEMP'S RIDLEY; MIGRATION; MIGRATIONS; SEA TURTLES; SEASONAL;

USA, GEORGIA;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030274234     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02602-0     Document Type: Article

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