First records of oceanic dive profiles for leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, indicate behavioural plasticity associated with long-distance migration

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 733-743

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Houghton, Jonathan D R ^a   Isaacs, Crafton ^b,e   King, Rebecca S ^c,f   Lloyd, Carl ^c,f   Lovell, Phil ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Grenada Min Agric Forest L   (Grenada)

^c Ocean Spirits Inc

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e Min Agric Forest Land and Fish   (Grenada)

^f Ocean Spirits Inc   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; PLASTICITY; TURTLE;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1842526655     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.08.011     Document Type: Article

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