Simulating transoceanic migrations of young loggerhead sea turtles: Merging magnetic navigation behavior with an ocean circulation model

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1863-1870

  Putman, Nathan F ^a,e   Verley, Philippe ^b,c   Shay, Thomas J ^d   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Distribution; Loggerhead sea turtle; Magnetic map; Magnetorecpetion; Ocean circulation model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SWIMMING; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLORIDA; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84861591935     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.067587     Document Type: Article

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