Wild versus head-started hawksbill turtles eretmochelys imbricata: Post-release behavior and feeding adaptions

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-190

  Okuyama, Junichi ^a   Shimizu, Tomohito ^b   Abe, Osamu ^c,d   Yoseda, Kenzo ^b,c   Arai, Nobuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Eretmochelys imbricata; Feeding adaptation; Head starting; Reintroduction; Ultrasonic telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PREY PREFERENCE; REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952315333     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00250     Document Type: Article

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