Movements of olive ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys olivacea and associated oceanographic features as determined by improved light-based geolocation

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 245-254

  Swimmer, Yonat ^a   McNaughton, Lianne ^b   Foley, David ^b   Moxey, Lucas ^b   Nielsen, Anders ^b  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Geolocation; Marine turtles; Oceanographic features; Pop off satellite archival tags

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; KALMAN FILTER; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRACKING; TURTLE;

COSTA RICA;

CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952304500     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00164     Document Type: Article

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