Oceanic dispersal of juvenile leatherback turtles: Going beyond passive drift modeling

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 457, Issue , 2012, Pages 265-284

  Gaspar, Philippe ^a   Benson, Scott R ^b   Dutton, Peter H ^c   Réveillère, Adrien ^a   Jacob, Guillaume ^a   Meetoo, Cherina ^a   Dehecq, Amaury ^a   Fossette, Sabrina ^d  

^a CLS   (France)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Juvenile dispersal; Leatherback turtle; Ocean circulation; Seasonal migrations; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SWIMMING; TURTLE;

INDIAN OCEAN; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84862726902     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09689     Document Type: Article

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