Oceanic loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta associate with thermal fronts: Evidence from the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 519, Issue , 2015, Pages 195-207

  Scales, Kylie L ^a   Miller, Peter I ^a   Varo Cruz, Nuria ^b   Hodgson, David J ^c   Hawkes, Lucy A ^c   Godley, Brendan J ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite front mapping; Foraging; Oceanographic front; Pelagic habitat; Remote sensing; Satellite telemetry; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; INTERFACE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANIC FRONT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY CURRENT;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84921917958     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11075     Document Type: Article

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