Prey landscapes help identify potential foraging habitats for leatherback turtles in the NE Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 337, Issue , 2007, Pages 231-243

  Witt, Matthew J ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Johns, David J ^b   Martin, Corinne ^c   Penrose, Rod ^d   Hoogmoed, Marinus S ^e   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Marine Environmental Monitoring   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Climate change; Dermochelys coriacea; Gelatinous prey; Habitat preference; Jellyfish; Leatherback turtle; Niche

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; JELLYFISH; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NICHE; PREY SELECTION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ANIMALIA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34548293157     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps337231     Document Type: Article

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