Leatherback turtle movements, dive behavior, and habitat characteristics in ecoregions of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Dodge, Kara L ^a,b   Galuardi, Benjamin ^b   Miller, Timothy J ^c   Lutcavage, Molly E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; DIVING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; MALE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY; TROPICS; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHLOROPHYLL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84898652924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091726     Document Type: Article

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