Diving behaviour during the internesting interval for loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta nesting in Cyprus

Jonathan Houghton; A.C. Broderick; B.J. Godley; J.D. Metcalfe; G.C. Hays

Diving behaviour during the internesting interval for loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta nesting in Cyprus

Jonathan Houghton, A.C. Broderick, B.J. Godley, J.D. Metcalfe, G.C. Hays

School of Biological Sciences

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Abstract

Time depth recorders were used to assess the patterns of depth utilisation by 2 loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean. Dives to the seabed accounted for 59 % (171 h) and 75 % (215 h) of the internesting interval, respectively, with most dives being shallow (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	63-70
Number of pages	8
Journal	MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES
Volume	227
Publication status	Published - 13 Feb 2002

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Aquatic Science
Ecology

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Diving behaviour during the internesting interval for loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta nesting in Cyprus

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