Home range of immature green turtles tracked at an offshore tropical reef using automated passive acoustic technology

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 617-627

  Hazel, Julia ^a   Hamann, Mark ^a   Lawler, Ivan R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOACOUSTICS; FEEDING GROUND; HOME RANGE; MATURATION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; REEF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TURTLE; ULTRASONICS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84874276202     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2117-0     Document Type: Article

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