Trans-Pacifi{dotless}c dispersal of loggerhead turtle hatchlings inferred from numerical simulation modeling

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2055-2063

  Okuyama, Junichi ^a   Kitagawa, Takashi ^b   Zenimoto, Kei ^b   Kimura, Shingo ^b   Arai, Nobuaki ^a   Sasai, Yoshikazu ^c   Sasaki, Hideharu ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERCURRENT; DISPERSAL; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NEST SITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; KUROSHIO CURRENT; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80052034706     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1712-9     Document Type: Article

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