Flexible foraging movements of Leatherback turtles across the North Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Graeme Hays, V Hobson, J Metcalfe, D Righton, D Sims
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Ecology not elsewhere classified; Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified; ARGOS; diel vertical migration; dive; jellyfish; leatherback turtle; levy flight; migration; movement rules; penguin; satellite tracking; seal; whale; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Ecology; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; SEA-TURTLES; DERMOCHELYS-CORIACEA; BEHAVIOR; ZOOPLANKTON; PATTERNS; MICRONEKTON; LOGGERHEAD; ABUNDANCE; FEATURES; HABITAT; Evolutionary Biology; Levy; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30058416; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Flexible_foraging_movements_of_Leatherback_turtles_across_the_North_Atlantic_Ocean/20953501

Some marine species have been shown to target foraging at particular hotspots of high prey abundance. However, we show here that in the year after a nesting season, female leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Atlantic generally spend relatively little time in fixed hotspots, especially...