The spatial ecology of juvenile loggerhead turtles (caretta caretta) in the Indian Ocean sheds light on the lost years mystery

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1835-1849

  Dalleau, Mayeul ^a,b,c,d   Benhamou, Simon ^b   Sudre, Joël ^e   Ciccione, Stéphane ^c   Bourjea, Jérôme ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c Kelonia   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SWARMING; TURTLE;

MADAGASCAR; OMAN;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 85027958659     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2465-z     Document Type: Article

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