Movements and diving behavior of internesting green turtles along Pacific Costa Rica

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-306

  Blanco, Gabriela S ^a   Morreale, Stephen J ^b   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^c   Paladino, Frank V ^d   Piedra, Rotney ^e   Spotila, James R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^e Leatherback National Marine Park Ministry of Environment Energy and Telecommunications San Jose   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Costa Rica; East Pacific green turtle; Internesting period; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COSTA RICA; DIVING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TURTLE; ARTICLE; CHELONIA MYDAS; EAST PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE; INTERNESTING PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; SATELLITE TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; DIVING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TURTLES;

CHELONIA MYDAS; COSTA RICA; EAST PACIFIC GREEN TURTLE; INTERNESTING PERIOD; SATELLITE TELEMETRY;

EID: 84896590176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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