Mesoscale eddies, surface circulation and the scale of habitat selection by immature loggerhead sea turtles

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 41-57

  Revelles, M ^a   Isern Fontanet, J ^b   Cardona, L ^a   San Felix M ^c   Carreras, C ^a   Aguilar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Loggerhead sea turtle; Oceanic front; Satellite tracking; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; EDDY; HABITAT SELECTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ALBORAN SEA; ALGERIAN BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34249693607     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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