Life in (and out of) the lagoon: Fine-scale movements of green turtles tracked using time-depth recorders

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Blumenthal, J M ^a,b   Austin, T J ^a   Bothwell, J B ^a   Broderick, A C ^b   Ebanks Petrie, G ^a   Olynik, J R ^a   Orr, M F ^a   Solomon, J L ^a   Witt, M J ^b   Godley, B J ^b  

^a Cayman Islands Government   (Cayman Islands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Coral reef; Green turtle; Seagrass; Spatial ecology; TDR; Time depth recorder

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952200471     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00222     Document Type: Article

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