An unsuccessful attempt to elicit orientation responses to linearly polarized light in hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1565, 2011, Pages 757-762

  Mäthger, Lydia M ^a,d   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^b   Limpus, Colin J ^c   Fritsches, Kerstin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Orientation behaviour; Polarization sensitivity; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; OPEN OCEAN; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; POLARIZATION; SWIMMING; TURTLE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79952323009     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0212     Document Type: Article

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