Nano-tags for neonates and oceanmediated swimming behaviours linked to rapid dispersal of hatchling sea turtles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1796, 2014, Pages

  Scott, Rebecca ^a   Biastoch, Arne ^a   Roder, Christian ^b   Stiebens, Victor A ^a   Eizaguirre, Christophe ^a,c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Turtle Foundation   (Cape Verde)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic tracking; Biotelemetry; Hatchling swimming frenzy; Marine dispersal; NEMO; Surface ocean currents

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEONATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 84908133566     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1209     Document Type: Article

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