Flipper beat frequency and amplitude changes in diving green turtles, Chelonia mydas

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1003-1009

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Marshall, Greg J ^b   Seminoff, Jeff A ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Geographic Television   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES; BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHELONIA MYDAS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846469959     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0412-3     Document Type: Article

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