The ecology and migrations of sea turtles / 8 : Tests of the developmental habitat hypothesis / Peter A. Meylan ; Anne B. Meylan ; Jennifer A. Gray / Archie Carr ; Larry Ogren

• Superior document: The ecology and migrations of sea turtles 8
• VerfasserIn: Carr, Archie 1909-1987; Ogren, Larry H.
• MitwirkendeR: Meylan, Peter A.; Meylan, Anne B.; Gray, Jennifer A.
• Place / Publishing House: New York : American Museum of Natural History, 2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 357
• Physical Description: 70 S.; Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.; 26 cm
• Notes: "Issued August 10, 2011. - Running title: Developmental habitat. - Pts. 1-3, 5-6 published 1956-1959, 1962-1966 as: American Museum novitates, no. 1723, 1835, 1958, 2091 and 2248; pts. 4 and 7 published 1960 and 1978 as: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 121, art. 1 and vol. 162, art. 1. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-70); Literaturverz. S. 62 - 70

The existence of ontogenetic shifts in habitat by marine turtles, and of immature-dominated assemblages in "developmental habitat," were important concepts first proposed by Archie Carr in 1956. Results of long-term, in-water capture programs in Caribbean Panama (17 yr) and Bermuda (37 yr)...