Changes in behaviour during the inter-nesting period and post-nesting migration for Ascension Island green turtles

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 1999, Pages 263-273

  Hays, G C ^a   Luschi, P ^b   Papi, F ^b   Del Seppia, C ^c   Marsh, R ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Ctro Stud Faunistica Ecologia T   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascension Island; Chelonia mydas; Green turtle; Satellite tracking; Submergence

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; EMYDIDAE; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0033607773     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps189263     Document Type: Article

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