Dive behaviour of adult hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata, Linnaeus 1766) in the eastern Pacific Ocean highlights shallow depth use by the species

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 432-433, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-178

  Gaos, Alexander R ^a,b,c   Lewison, Rebecca R ^a   Wallace, Bryan P ^b,d,e   Yañez, Ingrid L ^b   Liles, Michael J ^b,f   Baquero, Andres ^b,g,h   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^b,i  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Fundacion Equilibrio Azul   (Ecuador)

^h UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dive logger; Eastern Pacific; Eretmochelys imbricata; Management; Neritic; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOTELEMETRY; DIEL VARIATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOVEMENT; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84864802439     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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