Bell, I.P., Seymour, J., Fitzpatrick, R., and Hogarth, J. (2009) Inter-nesting dive and surface behaviour of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at Raine Island, Northern Great Barrier Reef. Marine Turtle Newsletter, 125. 5 -7.

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Abstract

The dive behaviour undertaken by gravid green turtles, Chelonia mydas, during a part of their inter-nesting period (11-14 d) while offshore from Raine Island, was investigated. Five Time Depth Recorders (TDRs) were deployed on turtles returning to the sea following either an unsuccessful or a successful nesting attempt. Because the fringing reef immediately adjacent to Raine Island slopes precipitously to meet the sea floor at depths of 200-300 m (Aus Chart 836), this cay presents an ideal location to investigate the dive behaviour of C. mydas in a deep-water inter-nesting habitat.

Item ID:	45687
Item Type:	Article (Short Note)
ISSN:	0839-7708
Funders:	Natural History New Zealand
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2016 23:14
FoR Codes:	06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060201 Behavioural Ecology @ 100%
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