Young sea turtles of the pelagic Sargassum-dominated drift community: Habitat use, population density, and threats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 463, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-22

  Witherington, Blair ^a   Hirama, Shigetomo ^a   Hardy, Robert ^a,b  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Diet; Eretmochelys imbricata; Lepidochelys kempii; Oceanic juvenile; Oil; Plastics ingestion

Indexed keywords

DIET; DOMINANCE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; INGESTION RATE; MACROALGA; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLASTIC; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; SARGASSUM; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84865787719     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09970     Document Type: Article

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