Thermal and trophic habitats of the leatherback turtle during the nesting season in French Guiana

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-14

  Fossette, Sabrina ^a   Girard, Charlotte ^a,b   Bastian, Thomas ^a,b   Calmettes, Beatriz ^b   Ferraroli, Sandra ^c   Vendeville, Philippe ^d   Blanchard, Fabian ^d   Georges, Jean Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

^c Reserve Naturelle de l'Amana ^*  (French Guiana)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Jellyfish; Nesting season; Prey distribution; Sea turtles; Spatial distribution; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; JELLYFISH; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 69249216333     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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