Migration, distribution, and diving behavior of adult male loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) following dispersal from a major breeding aggregation in the Western North Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-125

  Arendt, Michael D ^a   Segars, Albert L ^a   Byrd, Julia I ^a   Boynton, Jessica ^a   Schwenter, Jeffrey A ^a   Whitaker, J David ^a   Parker, Lindsey ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPERSAL; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MIGRATION ROUTE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIOTELEMETRY; TURTLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PORT CANAVERAL; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84855200289     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1826-0     Document Type: Article

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