Novel insights into green sea turtle behaviour using animal-borne video cameras

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1049-1050

  Heithaus, Michael R ^a,b,c   McLash, Justin J ^a   Frid, Alejandro ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^a   Marshall, Greg J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Natl Geogr Television Remote I D   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLEANING BEHAVIOR; DIET; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; COELENTERATA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MYDAS; REPTILIA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036958732     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402006689     Document Type: Article

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