Satellite-tracked movements of female dermochelys coriacea from southeastern Brazil

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-86

  Almeida, Antonio P ^a   Eckert, Scott A ^b   Bruno, Soraya C ^c   Scalfoni, Juarez T ^a   Giffoni, Bruno ^d   López Mendilaharsu, Milagros ^e,f   Thomé, João Carlos A ^a  

^a Projeto TAMAR/ICMBio   (Brazil)

^b Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST)   (Brazil)

^c Escritório Regional de Vitória   (Brazil)

^d Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^e Fundacao Pro TAMAR   (Brazil)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Dermochelys coriacea; Internesting; Migration; Postnesting; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSION; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NESTING; SATELLITE DATA; TELEMETRY; TRACKING; TURTLE;

BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 83055177070     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00359     Document Type: Article

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