Large-scale movements and high-use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Benson, Scott R ^a   Eguchi, Tomoharu ^a   Foley, Dave G ^a   Forney, Karin A ^b   Bailey, Helen ^c   Hitipeuw, Creusa ^d   Samber, Betuel P ^e   Tapilatu, Ricardo F ^f   Rei, Vagi ^g   Ramohia, Peter ^h   Pita, John ^h   Dutton, Peter H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d World Wide Fund for Nature Indonesia ^*  (Indonesia)

^e Natural Resources Conservation Office Papua Barat Forestry Department   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA   (Indonesia)

^g Office of Environment and Conservation   (Papua New Guinea)

^h THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Dermochelys coriacea; Foraging habitat; Indo Pacific; Movements; Papua Barat Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; Satellite telemetry; Seasonality; Solomon Islands; State space model; USA; Western Pacific leatherback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857132066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00053.1     Document Type: Article

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