Sea turtles: A review of some key recent discoveries and remaining questions

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argos; Fastloc; GPS tracking; IUCN; Movement analysis; Red Lists; State space modelling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; GPS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; RED LIST; TIMESCALE; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CETACEA; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; DIOMEDEIDAE; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; SCOMBRIDAE; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 39549091289     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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