The making of a productivity hotspot in the Coastal ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wingfield, Dana K ^a   Peckham, S Hoyt ^b,c   Foley, David G ^d,e   Palacios, Daniel M ^d,e   Lavaniegos, Bertha E ^f   Durazo, Reginaldo ^g   Nichols, Wallace J ^h,i   Croll, Donald A ^a   Bograd, Steven J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Grupo Tortuguero de Las Californias   (Mexico)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^h CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ Ocean Revolution   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORAGING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PREDATOR; PREY; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMETRY; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME; TURTLE;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD CHAIN; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 81455125528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027874     Document Type: Article

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