Insights into habitat utilization by Green Turtles (Chelonia Mydas) during the inter-nesting period animal-borne digital cameras

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 51-59

  Fuller, W J ^a   Broderick, A C ^b   Hooker, S K ^c   Witt, M J ^b   Godley, B J ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF LEFKE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital imagery; Dive behavior; Foraging behavior; Green turtles; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGERY; DIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GREEN TURTLES; MEDITERRANEAN;

ANIMALS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ECOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS;

VIDEO CAMERAS;

DIGITAL IMAGE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70349303678     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.43.3.4     Document Type: Article

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