High-resolution movements of critically endangered hawksbill turtles help elucidate conservation requirements in northern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1263-1278

  Hoenner, Xavier ^a,g   Whiting, Scott D ^b,h   Hamann, Mark ^c   Limpus, Colin J ^d   Hindell, Mark A ^e   McMahon, Clive R ^a,e,f  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Land Resource Management ^*  (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eretmochelys imbricata; home range; particle dispersal models; satellite tracking; state space models

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GPS; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ARAFURA SEA; AUSTRALIA; GROOTE EYLANDT; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84980413781     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF15013     Document Type: Article

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