Orientation of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles to regional magnetic fields along a transoceanic migratory pathway

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2504-2508

  Fuxjager, Matthew J ^a   Eastwood, Brian S ^b   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Brooks Computer Science Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Magnetic orientation; Magnetoreception; Navigation; Sea turtle; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SWIMMING; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FLORIDA; ORIENTATION; SWIMMING; TURTLES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960683107     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.055921     Document Type: Article

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