Perception of wave surge motion by hatchling sea turtles

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-186

  Wang, John H ^a   Kasi Jackson, J ^a   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Migration; Orientation; Sea turtles; Wave surge; Waves

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; ORIENTATION; TURTLE; WAVE ACTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SEA; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 0032211586     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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