Vertical and horizontal habitat preferences of post-nesting leatherback turtles in the South Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 422, Issue , 2011, Pages 275-289

  Shillinger, George L ^a   Swithenbank, Alan M ^a   Bailey, Helen ^b,c   Bograd, Steven J ^b   Castelton, Michael R ^a   Wallace, Bryan P ^d,e   Spotila, James R ^f   Paladino, Frank V ^g   Piedra, Rotney ^h   Block, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Global Marine Division   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^h Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Generalized additive models; Leatherback turtle; Post nesting migration; Remote sensing; Satellite tracking; Sea surface temperature; Surface chlorophyll concentration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; EKMAN LAYER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MORTALITY; NESTING; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PLAYA GRANDE;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79551691264     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08884     Document Type: Article

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