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The use of mesoscale eddies by juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the southwestern Atlantic

Marine animals, such as turtles, seabirds and pelagic fishes, are observed to travel and congregate around eddies in the open ocean. Mesoscale eddies, large swirling ocean vortices with radius scales of approximately 50–100 km, provide environmental variability that can structure these populations....

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Autores principales: Gaube, Peter, Barceló, Caren, McGillicuddy, Dennis J., Domingo, Andrés, Miller, Philip, Giffoni, Bruno, Marcovaldi, Neca, Swimmer, Yonat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28249020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172839