Post-nesting migrations of loggerhead sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico: Dispersal in highly dynamic conditions

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1827-1839

  Girard, Charlotte ^a,b   Tucker, Anton D ^c   Calmettes, Beatriz ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CLS   (France)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFLECTION; DISPERSAL; FEEDING GROUND; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GEOPOTENTIAL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HATCHERY; MIGRATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OCEANIC CURRENT; PATH ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BAY OF CAMPECHE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREATER ANTILLES; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SARASOTA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70450222937     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1216-z     Document Type: Article

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