[PDF][PDF] Animal orientation strategies for movement in flows

JW Chapman, RHG Klaassen, VA Drake, S Fossette… - Current Biology, 2011 - cell.com
For organisms that fly or swim, movement results from the combined effects of the moving
medium—air or water—and the organism's own locomotion. For larger organisms …

A biologist's guide to assessing ocean currents: a review

S Fossette, NF Putman, KJ Lohmann, R Marsh… - Marine Ecology …, 2012 - int-res.com
We review how ocean currents are measured (in both Eulerian and Lagrangian
frameworks), how they are inferred from satellite observations, and how they are simulated …

[HTML][HTML] Do loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) gut contents reflect the types, colors and sources of plastic pollution in the Southwest Indian Ocean?

M Thibault, L Hoarau, L Lebreton, M Le Corre… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
We analyzed plastic debris ingested by loggerheads from bycatch between 2007 and 2021
in the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO). We also analyzed plastic debris accumulated on …

Wind conditions and geography shape the first outbound migration of juvenile honey buzzards and their distribution across sub-Saharan Africa

WMG Vansteelant, J Kekkonen… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Contemporary tracking studies reveal that low migratory connectivity between breeding and
non-breeding ranges is common in migrant landbirds. It is unclear, however, how internal …

Coastal leatherback turtles reveal conservation hotspot

NJ Robinson, SJ Morreale, R Nel, FV Paladino - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Previous studies have shown that the world's largest reptile–the leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea–conducts flexible foraging migrations that can cover thousands of …

Migration routes, foraging behavior, and site fidelity of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) satellite tracked from a globally important rookery

DR Evans, RR Carthy, SA Ceriani - Marine biology, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA (27.946° N,− 80.494° W)
represents one of the largest loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting sites in the Western …

Glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) imprint the magnetic direction of tidal currents from their juvenile estuaries

A Cresci, CM Durif, CB Paris, SD Shema… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) hatches in the Sargasso Sea and migrates to
European and North African freshwater. As glass eels, they reach estuaries where they …

Aerial survey abundance estimates of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta in the Pelagos Sanctuary, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

G Lauriano, S Panigada, P Casale… - Marine Ecology …, 2011 - int-res.com
Aerial line transect surveys, totalling 16590 km, were performed in winter and summer 2009
in the Pelagos Sanctuary, NW Mediterranean. A total of 207 loggerhead sea turtles were …

A little movement orientated to the geomagnetic field makes a big difference in strong flows

R Scott, R Marsh, GC Hays - Marine biology, 2012 - Springer
Whilst a range of animals have been shown to respond behaviourally to components of the
Earth's magnetic field, evidence of the value of this sensory perception for small animals …

Habitat use of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) turtles at the northern limit of their distribution range of the Northwest Pacific Ocean

IH Kim, IK Park, D Park, MS Kim, IY Cho, D Yang… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Verifying habitats, including the foraging and nesting areas for sea turtles, enables an
understanding of their spatial ecology and successful planning of their conservation and …