Changes in flipper beat frequency, body angle and swimming speed of female green turtles Chelonia mydas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 386, Issue , 2009, Pages 275-286

  Yasuda, Tohya ^a,b   Arai, Nobuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body angle; Chelonia mydas; Diving behaviour; Flipper beat frequency; Sea turtles; Swimming speed

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE; WATER DEPTH;

AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 68049148762     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08084     Document Type: Article

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