Satellite-tracking reveals multiple foraging strategies and threats for olive ridley turtles in Brazil

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 443, Issue , 2011, Pages 237-247

  Da Silva, Augusto C C D ^a   Dos Santos, Erik A P ^a   Das C Oliveira, Fábio L ^b   Weber, Marilda I ^b   Batista, Jamyle A F ^b   Serafini, Thiago Z ^c   De Castilhos, Jaqueline C ^b  

^a Pesquisa e Manejo das Tartarugas Marinhas   (Brazil)

^b Fundação Centro Brasileiro de Proteção e Pesquisa das Tartarugas Marinhas   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Conservation; Foraging grounds; Inter nesting; Lepidochelys olivacea; Migration; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE; LONGLINING; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; NEST SITE; NESTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWATER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

BRAZIL; SERGIPE;

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84555203661     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09427     Document Type: Article

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