Home on the range: Spatial ecology of loggerhead turtles in Atlantic waters of the USA

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 624-640

  Hawkes, Lucy A ^a,h   Witt, Matthew J ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Coker, John W ^b   Coyne, Michael S ^a,c   Dodd, Mark ^d   Frick, Michael G ^e   Godfrey, Matthew H ^f   Griffin, Dubose B ^g   Murphy, Sally R ^b   Murphy, Thomas M ^b   Williams, Kris L ^e   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SEATURTLEORG ^*  (United States)

^c SEATURTLEORG   (United States)

^d Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^e Caretta Research Project   (United States)

^f North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^g SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^h BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental niche; Habitat model; Ocean management; Satellite tracking; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79958081188     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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