Identifying critical foraging habitats of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) along the Pacific coast of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-269

  López Mendilaharsu, Milagros ^a,d   Gardner, Susan C ^a   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^b   Riosmena Rodriguez, Rafael ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^d CID CEUR Karumbe   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Baja California; Eastern Pacific Ocean; Food preference; Green turtle; Ontogenetic shift

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY PREFERENCE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MAGDALENA BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA PACIFICA; GRACILARIOPSIS LEMANEIFORMIS; HALOPHILA; MYDAS; PHYLLOSPADIX TORREYI; RHODOPHYTA; TESTUDINES; TORREYI;

EID: 19044366387     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.676     Document Type: Article

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