Influence of oceanic factors on long-distance movements of loggerhead sea turtles displaced in the southwest Indian Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 339-349

  Mencacci, Resi ^a   de Bernardi, Elisabetta ^a   Sale, Alessandro ^b   Lutjeharms, Johann R E ^c   Luschi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION ROUTE; OCEANIC CURRENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSLOCATION; TURTLE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77949270821     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1321-z     Document Type: Article

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