Sources of mortality, movements and behavior of sea turtles in Virginia

• Main Author: Mansfield, Katherine Lamont.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2006
• Subjects: Marine Biology; Zoology; Lower Bay; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616760; https://doi.org/10.25773/v5-5h3r-4p11; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/etd/article/2327/viewcontent/3209542.pdf

Aerial surveys are commonly used to evaluate in-water sea turtle abundances. A correction is applied to account for turtles diving below the observed surface. Historically, observations of summer/fall surfacing behavior were used for this correction, assuming constant behavior among seasons. Using r...