Monitoring beak movements with an acceleration datalogger: A useful technique for assessing the feeding and breathing behaviors of sea turtles

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Okuyama, Junichi ^a   Kawabata, Yuuki ^a   Naito, Yasuhiko ^b,c   Arai, Nobuaki ^a   Kobayashi, Masato ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Biologging Institute   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biologging; Caretta caretta; Feeding ecology; Respiratory physiology

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOMONITORING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; TURTLE; WATER COLUMN;

CARETTA CARETTA; CEPHALOPODA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952305004     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00215     Document Type: Article

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