Habitat use by immature loggerhead sea turtles in the Algerian Basin (western Mediterranean): Swimming behaviour, seasonality and dispersal pattern

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1501-1515

  Revelles, M ^a   Cardona, L ^a   Aguilar, A ^a   San Felix M ^b   Fernandez G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Fundación Aspro Natura   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY; SWARMING; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ALGERIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34247618713     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0602-z     Document Type: Article

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