Understanding the at-sea spatial behaviour of sea turtles is a priority for their conservation.
In the present paper, the current information on the distribution and movement patterns of …

For most of their lifetime, sea turtles have to organize their underwater activities around the
necessity to return to the surface to breathe. This group of animals has developed …

The oceanographic drivers of marine vertebrate habitat use are poorly understood yet
fundamental to our knowledge of marine ecosystem functioning. Here, we use composite …

Large marine protected areas (MPAs), each hundreds of thousands of square kilometers,
have been set up by governments around the world over the last decade as part of efforts to …

The movements of some long‐distance migrants are driven by innate compass headings
that they follow on their first migrations (eg, some birds and insects), while the movements of …

The establishment of protected corridors linking the breeding and foraging grounds of many
migratory species remains deficient, particularly in the world's oceans. For example …

The optimum path to follow when subjected to cross flows was first considered over 80 years
ago by the G erman mathematician E rnst Z ermelo, in the context of a boat being displaced …

Diet items and habitat constitute some of the environmental resources that may be used
differently by individuals within a population. Long-term fidelity by individuals to particular …

Marine megafauna tend to migrate vast distances, often crossing national borders and pose
a significant challenge to managers. This challenge is particularly acute in the Pacific, which …

Identifying highly frequented areas is a priority for sea turtle conservation, and the
distribution of young individuals in open waters represents a major knowledge gap due to …