Habitat use and diving behaviour of gravid olive ridley sea turtles under riverine conditions in French Guiana

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• 作者：Philippine Chambault^a ; ^b ; ; Lucie Giraudou^a ; ^b ; Benoî ; t de Thoisy^c ; Marc Bonola^a ; ^b ; Laurent Kelle^d ; Virginie Dos Reis^c ; Fabian Blanchard^e ; Yvon Le Maho^a ; ^b ; Damien Chevallier^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Lepidochelys olivacea ; Equatorial Atlantic ; Inter-nesting season ; Behavioural synchrony ; Amazon River
• 刊名：Journal of Marine Systems
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：165
• 期：Complete
• 页码：115-123
• 全文大小：708 K
• 卷排序：165

文摘

20 gravid olive ridley sea turtles were tracked by satellite from French Guiana Data for turtle location, diving behaviour and the estuarine environment The habitat used covered 423 km² and the waters were variable in terms of salinity The epifauna sampled was mostly crustaceans (43%) and fish (39%) Dives were deeper and longer during the first half of the inter-nesting season