Long-term residence of juvenile loggerhead turtles to foraging grounds: A potential conservation hotspot in the Mediterranean

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-154

  Casale, Paolo ^a,b   Broderick, Annette C ^c   Freggi, Daniela ^d   Mencacci, Resi ^e   Fuller, Wayne J ^f   Godley, Brendan J ^c   Luschi, Paolo ^e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b WWF Italy   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d Sea Turtle Rescue Centre   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF LEFKE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Coastal; Distribution; Endangered species; Ocean; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOT SPOT; JUVENILE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84859444416     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2222     Document Type: Article

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