Oceanographic influences on the dive behavior of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1011-1026

  Howell, Evan A ^a   Dutton, Peter H ^b   Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Bailey, Helen ^b   Parker, Denise M ^c   Balazs, George H ^a  

^a PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; JUVENILE; KINETIC ENERGY; LONGLINING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 77952421499     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1381-0     Document Type: Article

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