Foraging ecology of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta in the central Mediterranean Sea: Evidence for a relaxed life history model

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 265-276

  Casale, Paolo ^a   Abbate, Graziana ^a   Freggi, Daniela ^b   Conte, Nicoletta ^a   Oliverio, Marco ^a   Argano, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Sea Turtle Rescue Centre WWF Italy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Diet; Life history; Mediterranean; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; DIET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; PREY AVAILABILITY; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; MALACOSTRACA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 58249123849     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07702     Document Type: Article

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