Distributional patterns of adult male loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA during and after a major annual breeding aggregation

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-112

  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 Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIVING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION CHANNEL; RADIOTELEMETRY; TURTLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CAPE CANAVERAL; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84855204469     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1793-5     Document Type: Article

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