Pelagic movements of pacific leatherback turtles (dermochelys coriacea) highlight the role of prey and ocean currents

Movement Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schick, Robert S ^a,b   Roberts, Jason J ^a   Eckert, Scott A ^c,d   Halpin, Patrick N ^a   Bailey, Helen ^e   Chai, Fei ^f   Shi, Lei ^f   Clark, James S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST)   (United States)

^d Principia College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Diving; Dynamic covariates; Habitat suitability; Leatherback turtles; Marine predator; Movement; Prey; Water column

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984915999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-3933-1-11     Document Type: Article

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