Expanded thermal niche for a diving vertebrate: A leatherback turtle diving into near-freezing water

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-226

  James, Michael C ^a   Davenport, John ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argos; Climate change; MODIS; North Atlantic; SRDL; Thermal niche

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; ECTOTHERMY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; NICHE; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

AVES; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745651370     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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