First satellite tracks of neonate sea turtles redefine the 'lost years' oceanic niche

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1781, 2014, Pages

  Mansfield, Katherine L ^a,b   Wyneken, Jeanette ^c   Porter, Warren P ^d   Luo, Jiangang ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Ocean migration; Oceanic stage sea turtles; Satellite telemetry; Sea turtle 'lost years'; Thermal niche

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GYRE; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION; NEONATE; NICHE; NURSERY GROUND; REFUGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS; BIRD SONG; BREEDING EXPERIMENT; CANARY; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LEARNING; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SERINUS CANARIA; SEX CHROMOSOME; VOCAL LEARNING; VOCALIZATION;

BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS; BIRD SONG; BREEDING EXPERIMENT; CANARY; SERINUS CANARIA; VOCAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; CANARIES; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETICS; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHROMOSOMES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84902665514     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3039     Document Type: Article

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