Seasonal distribution patterns of juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) following capture from a shipping channel in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-139

  Arendt, Michael D ^a   Segars, Albert L ^a   Byrd, Julia I ^a   Boynton, Jessica ^a   Whitaker, J David ^a   Parker, Lindsey ^b   Owens, David W ^c   Blanvillain, Gaëlle ^c   Quattro, Joseph M ^d   Roberts, Mark A ^d  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c School of Business   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LATITUDE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NAVIGATION CHANNEL; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONALITY; TRAWLING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CHARLESTON; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84855199613     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1829-x     Document Type: Article

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