Satellite tracking reveals a dichotomy in migration strategies among juvenile loggerhead turtles in the Northwest Atlantic

Few data are available on the movements and behavior of immature Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from their seasonal neritic foraging grounds within the western north Atlantic. These waters provide developmental habitat for loggerheads originating from several western Atlantic nest...

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Published in:	Marine biology Vol. 156; no. 12; pp. 2555 - 2570
Main Authors:	Mansfield, Katherine L, Saba, Vincent S, Keinath, John A, Musick, John A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.11.2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Aquatic reptiles Barrier islands Biological and medical sciences Caretta caretta continental shelf Continental shelves Florida foraging Freshwater & Marine Ecology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects. Techniques Gulf Stream Habitat utilization Habitats Life history Life Sciences lifestyle Marine & Freshwater Sciences Marine biology Microbiology Migration Mortality Nesting North Carolina Oceanography Original Paper philopatry primary productivity Sea surface temperature sea turtles Sea water ecosystems Seasonal distribution Site fidelity summer surface temperature Synecology Teledetection and vegetation maps Virginia Zoology Atlantic Ocean Northwest Atlantic North Carolina Florida Virginia Site Fidelity Green Turtle Nest Beach Gulf Stream Outer Continental Shelf Dichotomy Vertebrata Range finding Chelonia Migration Satellite tracking Strategy Reptilia Young animal Remote sensing
ISSN:	0025-3162, 1432-1793
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