Diving behavior and movements of juvenile hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata on a Caribbean coral reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-65

  Blumenthal, J M ^a,b   Austin, T J ^a   Bothwell, J B ^a   Broderick, A C ^b   Ebanks Petrie, G ^a   Olynik, J R ^a   Orr, M F ^a   Solomon, J L ^a   Witt, M J ^b   Godley, B J ^b  

^a Cayman Islands Government   (Cayman Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep reef; Hawksbill turtle; Marine protected area; TDR; Time depth recorder; Ultrasonic tracking

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CORAL REEF; DIEL VARIATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; TAGGING; TURTLE; ULTRASONICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 59449104959     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0416-1     Document Type: Article

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