Changes in diel diving patterns accompany shifts between northern foraging and southward migration in leatherback turtles

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 754-765

  James, M C ^a   Ottensmeyer, C A ^a   Eckert, S A ^b   Myers, R A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

AERIAL SURVEYS; FORAGING; PELAGIC WATERS; TURTLES;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIEL VARIATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PLANKTON; TURTLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746834319     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-046     Document Type: Article

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