Long-distance navigation in sea turtles

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Lohmann, K J ^a   Hester, J T ^b   Lohmann, C M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Chemical; Magnetic; Magnetoreception; Migration; Navigation; Olfactory; Orientation; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; NAVIGATION; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS;

EID: 0033103416     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1999.9522838     Document Type: Article

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