The Role of Geomagnetic Cues in Green Turtle Open Sea Navigation

BACKGROUND: Laboratory and field experiments have provided evidence that sea turtles use geomagnetic cues to navigate in the open sea. For instance, green turtles (Chelonia mydas) displaced 100 km away from their nesting site were impaired in returning home when carrying a strong magnet glued on the...

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Autores principales: Benhamou, Simon, Sudre, Joël, Bourjea, Jérome, Ciccione, Stéphane, De Santis, Angelo, Luschi, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026672

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026672

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