Informing the interpretation of dive profiles using animal-borne video: A marine turtle case study

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 410, Issue , 2011, Pages 12-20

  Thomson, Jordan A ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Dill, Lawrence M ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal borne video; Depth profile; Diving behavior; Green turtle; Loggerhead turtle; National Geographic's crittercam

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BENTHOS; DATA SET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN; SEAFLOOR; TRACKING; TURTLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 82955178610     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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