The behaviour of a hawksbill turtle data-logged during the passage of hurricane Georges through the Caribbean

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-313

  Storch, Sandra ^a   Hays, Graeme C ^b   Hillis Starr, Zandy ^c   Wilson, Rory P ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Caribbean; Climate change; Hawksbill turtle; Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANE; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33751187678     PISSN: 0091181X     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240600919796     Document Type: Article

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