Swimming behaviour and dispersal patterns of headstarted loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta

I Nagelkerken, L Pors, P Hoetjes - Aquatic Ecology, 2003 - Springer
Swimming behaviour and dispersal patterns were studied in headstarted loggerhead turtles
Caretta caretta which were released at three different sites on the Caribbean island of …

Orientation and behaviour of hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the sea

J Frick - Animal Behaviour, 1976 - Elsevier
To investigate the initial stage of the 'lost-year puzzle'of sea turtle ecology, both hatchlings
from the natural nesting groung at Tortuguero, Costa Rica and hatchlings from Tortuguero …

Post-nesting movements and submergence patterns of loggerhead marine turtles in the Mediterranean assessed by satellite tracking

BJ Godley, AC Broderick, F Glen, GC Hays - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2003 - Elsevier
Two female loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) were tracked, following nesting at Alagadi
Beach (35° 33′ N, 33° 47′ E), Northern Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean for 60 and 82 …

Habitat use by immature loggerhead sea turtles in the Algerian Basin (western Mediterranean): swimming behaviour, seasonality and dispersal pattern

M Revelles, L Cardona, A Aguilar, M San Félix… - Marine Biology, 2007 - Springer
To study habitat use by loggerhead sea turtles in the Algerian Basin (western
Mediterranean), ten juveniles (straight carapace length range: 39.0–63.3 cm) were tracked …

Offshore Migratory Activity of Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Hatchlings, II. Swimming Gaits, Swimming Speed, and Morphological Comparisons

FC Chung, NJ Pilcher, M Salmon… - Chelonian …, 2009 - meridian.allenpress.com
Previously, we showed that during their first six days of swimming hawksbill hatchlings are
less active than the hatchlings of other marine turtle species. Here, we document that …

Offshore migratory activity of hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) hatchlings, I. Quantitative analysis of activity, with comparisons to green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

FC Chung, NJ Pilcher, M Salmon… - Chelonian …, 2009 - meridian.allenpress.com
Hatchling marine turtles emerge at night from underground nests, enter the ocean, and swim
offshore. Here, we measured the intensity (hours swimming) and the temporal patterning …

Western Mediterranean immature loggerhead turtles: habitat use in spring and summer assessed through satellite tracking and aerial surveys

L Cardona, M Revelles, C Carreras, M San Félix… - Marine Biology, 2005 - Springer
An aerial survey was conducted in early spring 2002 over the continental shelf of the
Balearic Archipelago to study the distribution of neritic loggerhead turtles. Furthermore, five …

[PDF][PDF] The behaviour of free-living marine turtles: underwater activities, migrations and seasonal occurrences

CS Martin - 2003 - seaturtle.org
Chapter 1 presents the results of an investigation into the mid-water diving behaviour of
Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) as they travelled back to Ascension Island. Time-Depth …

In-Water Observations of the Diving Behaviour of Immature Hawksbill Turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, on a coral reef at D'Arros Island, Republic of Seychelles

RG von Brandis, JA Mortimer… - Chelonian …, 2010 - meridian.allenpress.com
The diving behavior of immature hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) was recorded by
means of direct in-water observations during a period of 8 months over 4 years on a coral …

Movements and diving behavior of internesting green turtles along Pacific Costa Rica

GS Blanco, SJ Morreale, JA Seminoff… - Integrative …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Using satellite transmitters, we determined the internesting movements, spatial ecology and
diving behavior of East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting on Nombre de Jesús …