Home range, habitat use, and migrations of hawksbill turtles tracked from Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 457, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-207

  Hart, Kristen M ^a   Sartain, Autumn R ^a   Fujisaki, Ikuko ^b   Pratt, Harold L ^c   Morley, Danielle ^c   Feeley, Michael W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Dry Tortugas; Harvest; Hawksbill; Kernel density estimate; Satellite; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATIONAL PARK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CUBA; DRY TORTUGAS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862749082     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09744     Document Type: Article

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