Maintenance of neutral buoyancy by depth selection in the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2967-2975

  Minamikawa, S ^a   Naito, Y ^a   Sato, K ^a   Matsuzawa, Y ^a   Bando, T ^a   Sakamoto, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buoyancy control; Caretta caretta; Data logger; Dive depth; Diving behaviour; Loggerhead turtle; Swim speed

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIVING; FEMALE; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

AIR; ANIMALS; DIVING; FEMALE; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; SWIMMING; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0033765768     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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