Satellite tracking reveals a dichotomy in migration strategies among juvenile loggerhead turtles in the Northwest Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2555-2570

  Mansfield, Katherine L ^a,b   Saba, Vincent S ^b   Keinath, John A ^c   Musick, John A ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISPERSAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70350432589     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1279-x     Document Type: Article

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