Migratory dichotomy and associated phenotypic variation in marine turtles revealed by satellite tracking and stable isotope analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 421, Issue , 2011, Pages 291-302

  Zbinden, Judith A ^a   Bearhop, Stuart ^a   Bradshaw, Philip ^b   Gill, Bronwen ^b   Margaritoulis, Dimitris ^b   Newton, Jason ^c   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Solomou   (Greece)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Carry over effect; Loggerhead sea turtle; Mediterranean; Migration; Racking Satellitet; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURTLE;

ADRIATIC SEA; AMVRAKIKOS GULF; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78751699628     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08871     Document Type: Article

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