Movement patterns of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in Cuban waters inferred from flipper tag recaptures

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Moncada, F ^a   Abreu Grobois, F A ^b   Bagley, D ^c   Bjorndal, K A ^d   Bolten, A B ^d   Caminas J A ^e   Ehrhart, L ^c   Muhlia Melo, A ^f   Nodarse, G ^a   Schroeder, B A ^g   Zurita, J ^h   Hawkes, L A ⁱ  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e FAO CopeMed II   (Spain)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^g NOAA/NMFS Office of Protected Resources   (United States)

^h Consultores en Formación ^*  (Mexico)

ⁱ BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Caribbean; Cuba; Flipper tags; Loggerhead turtle; Movement patterns; Tag recapture

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; REEF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAGGING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CANARY ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CUBA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SPAIN;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952312308     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00248     Document Type: Article

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