Polymodal foraging in adult female loggerheads (Caretta caretta)

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Reich, Kimberly J ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Frick, Michael G ^b   Witherington, Blair E ^c   Johnson, Chris ^d   Bolten, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Caretta Research Project   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Loggerhead Marinelife Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIBIONT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DECLINE; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 72749113719     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1300-4     Document Type: Article

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