Marine animal behaviour: Neglecting ocean currents can lead us up the wrong track

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1602, 2006, Pages 2697-2702

  Gaspar, Philippe ^a   Georges, Jean Yves ^b   Fossette, Sabrina ^b,c   Lenoble, Arnaud ^a   Ferraroli, Sandra ^b,c   Le Maho, Yvon ^b  

^a CLS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Biologging; Impact of ocean currents; Marine animal behaviour; Satellite oceanography; Travelling versus foraging behaviour; Wild life tracking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENERGY BUDGET; OCEANIC CURRENT; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TAGGING; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OCEAN CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA;

EID: 33750567593     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3623     Document Type: Article

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