Satellite tracking derived insights into migration and foraging strategies of male loggerhead turtles in the eastern Atlantic

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-140

  Varo Cruz, Nuria ^a   Hawkes, Lucy A ^b,c   Cejudo, Daniel ^d   López, Pedro ^e   Coyne, Michael S ^f   Godley, Brendan J ^b   López Jurado, Luis Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Cabo Verde Natura 2000 ^*  (Cape Verde)

^e Cape Verde Ltd   (Cape Verde)

^f not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult males; Cape Verde; Caretta caretta; Conservation; Migratory plasticity; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); CAPE VERDE; MAURITANIA;

EID: 84875788370     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.02.046     Document Type: Article

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