Diving behaviour of an immature Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) from Gullivan Bay, Ten Thousand Islands, south-west Florida

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 919-925

  Sasso, Christopher R ^a   Witzell, Wayne N ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RESTING STAGE; STRESS; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULLIVAN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33745175196     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013877     Document Type: Article

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