Jellyfish aggregations and leatherback turtle foraging patterns in a temperate coastal environment

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1967-1972

  Houghton, Jonathan D R ^a   Doyle, Thomas K ^b   Wilson, Mark W ^b   Davenport, John ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Dermochelys coriacea; Foraging ecology; Gelatinous zooplankton; Jellyfish; Leatherback turtles; Planktivore; Predator prey relationship; Rhizostoma octopus

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COASTAL ZONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JELLYFISH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; OCTOPUS; RHIZOSTOMA OCTOPUS; RHIZOSTOMEAE; SCYPHOZOA; SEMAEOSTOMEAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33747076356     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1967:JAALTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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