Cargando…

Jellyfish distribution in space and time predicts leatherback sea turtle hot spots in the Northwest Atlantic

Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) migrate to temperate Canadian Atlantic waters to feed on gelatinous zooplankton (‘jellyfish’) every summer. However, the spatio-temporal connection between predator foraging and prey-field dynamics has not been studied at the large scales over which the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nordstrom, Bethany, James, Michael C., Worm, Boris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7224493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32407338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232628