Tidal movements of East Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas at a foraging area in Baja California Sur, México

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 386, Issue , 2009, Pages 263-274

  Brooks, Louise B ^a   Harvey, James T ^a   Nichols, Wallace J ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic doppler profiler; East pacific ocean; Foraging; Green turtle; Tidal movements; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING GROUND; MOVEMENT; TIDE; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 68049139685     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08061     Document Type: Article

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