Overwintering behaviour in sea turtles: Dormancy is optional

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 340, Issue , 2007, Pages 287-298

  Hochscheid, Sandra ^a,c   Bentivegna, Flegra ^a   Bradai, Mohamed N ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^c  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Diving behaviour; Hibernation; Satellite tracking; Seasonal; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; DORMANCY; HIBERNATION; OVERWINTERING; SATELLITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACKING; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALLIPOLI; ITALY; LECCE; MONASTIR; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; NORTH AFRICA; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUNISIA;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34547152853     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps340287     Document Type: Article

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