Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the North Pacific Ocean (1997-2006): Insights from satellite tag tracking and remotely sensed data

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 96-114

  Kobayashi, Donald R ^a,b   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Parker, Denise M ^a,c   Kamezaki, Naoki ^d   Cheng, I Jiunn ^e   Uchida, Itaru ^f   Dutton, Peter H ^g   Balazs, George H ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Sea Turtle Association of Japan   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Minato ku   (Japan)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry; Habitat use; Oceanography; Remote sensing; Resource utilization; Satellite tracking; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE; TRACKING; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 39549095118     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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