Jellyfish support high energy intake of leatherback sea turtles (dermochelys coriacea): Video evidence from animal-borne cameras

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Heaslip, Susan G ^a   Iverson, Sara J ^a   Bowen, W Don ^a,b   James, Michael C ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING; HABITAT; JELLYFISH; METABOLIC RATE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEASHORE; TURTLE; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; AURELIA AURITA; CYANEA CAPILLATA; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; SCYPHOZOA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOVA SCOTIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SCYPHOZOA; TURTLES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84858425214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033259     Document Type: Article

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