Dispersal and dive patterns in gravid leatherback turtles during the nesting season in French Guiana

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2007, Pages 233-247

  Fossette, Sabrina ^a,b   Ferraroli, Sandra ^a   Tanaka, Hideji ^c,d,e   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^d   Arai, Nobuaki ^c   Sato, Katsufumi ^d   Naito, Yasuhiko ^d   Le Maho, Yvon ^a   Georges, Jean Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottom phase; Continental shelf; Dermochelys coriacea; Diving behaviour; Foraging strategy; French Guiana; Marine turtles; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NESTING; TRACKING; TURTLE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA; SURINAME;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250794590     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps338233     Document Type: Article

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