Behavioural polymorphism in one of the world's largest populations of loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 418, Issue , 2010, Pages 201-212

  Rees, Alan F ^a   Al Saady, Salim ^b   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Coyne, Michael S ^c   Papathanasopoulou, Nancy ^d   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs   (Oman)

^c SEATURTLEORG   (United States)

^d NONE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Migration; Nesting; Oman; Sampling strategy; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NESTING; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF MASIRA; HADRAMAWT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOCOTRA; YEMEN;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649536427     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08767     Document Type: Article

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