Riders on the storm: Loggerhead sea turtles detect and respond to a major hurricane in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Crowe, Leah M.; Hatch, Joshua M.; Patel, Samir H.; Smolowitz, Ronald J.; Haas, Heather L.

doi:10.1186/s40462-020-00218-6

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Riders on the storm: Loggerhead sea turtles detect and respond to a major hurricane in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

2020
By Crowe, Leah M. ; Hatch, Joshua M. ; Patel, Samir H. ; ...

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Journal Title:

Movement Ecology
Personal Author:

Crowe, Leah M. ; Hatch, Joshua M. ; Patel, Samir H. ; Smolowitz, Ronald J. ; Haas, Heather L.
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
Description:

Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, have considerable biological, ecological, and anthropogenic impacts. Hurricane Irene caused substantial economic damage when it hit the Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB) off of the eastern United States in August of 2011. The MAB is highly stratified during the summer when a strong thermocline separates warm, surface water from deep, cold water, and this oceanographic phenomenon makes modeling hurricane strength difficult. Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) forage in the MAB primarily during the stratified season and their dive behavior to the bottom allows them to experience the oceanographic conditions of the entire water column.
Keywords:

Hurricane Irene, 2011 Loggerhead Turtle Loggerhead Turtle
Source:

Movement Ecology, 8(1)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-020-00218-6
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Grant no. NA11NMF4540024
Place as Subject:

Mid-Atlantic Bight
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CC BY
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Submitted
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