Satellite tracking of migrating loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) displaced in the open sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 793-801

  Luschi, P ^a   Hughes, G R ^b   Mencacci, R ^a   De Bernardi, E ^a   Sale, A ^a   Broker, R ^b   Bouwer, M ^b   Papi, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b KZN Conservation Trust   (South Africa)

^c ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION; TRACKING; TURTLE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0344586102     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1117-5     Document Type: Article

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