Unravelling migratory connectivity in marine turtles using multiple methods

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 769-778

  Godley, Brendan J ^a   Barbosa, Castro ^b   Bruford, Michael ^c   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Catry, Paulo ^d   Coyne, Michael S ^a,e   Formia, Angela ^c,f   Hays, Graeme C ^g   Witt, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas Guiné   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^e SEATURTLEORG   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine protected areas; Molecular ecology; Ocean current modelling; Satellite tracking; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); GUINEA-BISSAU;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954352203     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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