Foraging dichotomy in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta off northwestern Africa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 470, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-122

  Eder, E ^a,b   Ceballos, A ^a   Martins, S ^c   Perez Garcia H ^c   Marin I ^a   Marco, A ^c   Cardona, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Foraging strategies; Sea turtles; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EGG; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; MIGRATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEXUAL MATURITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURTLE;

CAPE VERDE;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84870835196     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10018     Document Type: Article

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