Data from: First satellite tracks of South Atlantic sea turtle ‘lost years’: seasonal variation in trans-equatorial movement

• Main Authors: Mansfield, Katherine L., Mendilaharsu, Milagros L., Putman, Nathan F., Dei Marcovaldi, Maria A. G., Sacco, Alexander E., Lopez, Gustave, Pires, Thais, Swimmer, Yonat
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Life sciences; medicine and health care; Caretta caretta; Marine turtle oceanic stage; Population connectivity; Ocean currents; Dispersal; geo; envir; Mansfield; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7fh30

In the South Atlantic Ocean, few data exist regarding the dispersal of young oceanic sea turtles. We characterized the movements of laboratory-reared yearling loggerhead turtles from Brazilian rookeries using novel telemetry techniques, testing for differences in dispersal during different periods o...