Tracking hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) during inter-nesting intervals around Barbados

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 927-938

  Walcott, J ^a   Eckert, S ^b   Horrocks, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Principia College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BREEDING SEASON; FEMALE; GPS; MOVEMENT; NESTING; SITE FIDELITY; TRACKING; TURTLE;

BARBADOS;

ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84858750981     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1870-9     Document Type: Article

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