Sea-surface temperature gradients across blue whale and sea turtle foraging trajectories off the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 340-358

  Etnoyer, Peter ^a   Canny, David ^b   Mate, Bruce R ^c   Morgan, Lance E ^d   Ortega Ortiz, Joel G ^c   Nichols, Wallace J ^e  

^a Aquanautix Consulting   (United States)

^b National Marine Protected Areas Center   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Marine Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue whales; Northeast Pacific; Oceanic fronts; Remote sensing; Sea turtles; Temperature gradients

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMETERING;

BLUE WHALES; NORTHEAST PACIFIC; OCEANIC FRONTS; SEA TURTLES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURTLE; WHALE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CARETTA CARETTA; CETACEA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33744534958     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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