A little movement orientated to the geomagnetic field makes a big difference in strong flows

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 481-488

  Scott, Rebecca ^a   Marsh, Robert ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOVEMENT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRAJECTORY; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84857447252     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1825-1     Document Type: Article

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