Dispersal and Diving Adjustments of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas in Response to Dynamic Environmental Conditions during Post-Nesting Migration

Philippine Chambault; David Pinaud; Vincent Vantrepotte; Laurent Kelle; Mathieu Entraygues; Christophe Guinet; Rachel Berzins; Karin Bilo; Philippe Gaspar; Benoît de Thoisy; Yvon Le Maho; Damien Chevallier

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137340

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Dispersal and Diving Adjustments of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas in Response to Dynamic Environmental Conditions during Post-Nesting Migration

Philippine Chambault ,

* E-mail: philippine.chambault@gmail.fr

Affiliations Université de Strasbourg, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg cedex 2, France, CNRS, UMR 7178, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg cedex 2, France
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David Pinaud,

Affiliation Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS—Université de La Rochelle, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Vincent Vantrepotte,

Affiliations Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences, UMR 8187 CNRS, 28 avenue Foch, BP 80 62930 Wimereux, France, CNRS Guyane, USR 3456, av. Charlery, 97300 Cayenne, France
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Laurent Kelle,

Affiliation WWF Guyane, N°5 Lotissement Katoury, F-97300 Cayenne, France
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Mathieu Entraygues,

Affiliation Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage—Cellule technique Guyane, Campus agronomique, BP 316, 97379 Kourou cedex, France
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Christophe Guinet,

Affiliation Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS—Université de La Rochelle, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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Rachel Berzins,

Affiliation Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage—Cellule technique Guyane, Campus agronomique, BP 316, 97379 Kourou cedex, France
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Karin Bilo,

Affiliation WWF Guianas, Henck Arronstraat 63, Paramaribo, Suriname
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Philippe Gaspar,

Affiliation Collecte Localisation Satellites, Direction Océanographie Spatiale, 8–10 rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville, France
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Benoît de Thoisy,

Affiliation Association Kwata, 16 avenue Pasteur, BP 672, F-97335 Cayenne cedex, France
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Yvon Le Maho,

Affiliations Université de Strasbourg, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg cedex 2, France, CNRS, UMR 7178, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg cedex 2, France
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Damien Chevallier

Affiliations Université de Strasbourg, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg cedex 2, France, CNRS, UMR 7178, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg cedex 2, France
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Dispersal and Diving Adjustments of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas in Response to Dynamic Environmental Conditions during Post-Nesting Migration

Philippine Chambault,
David Pinaud,
Vincent Vantrepotte,
Laurent Kelle,
Mathieu Entraygues,
Christophe Guinet,
Rachel Berzins,
Karin Bilo,
Philippe Gaspar,
Benoît de Thoisy

Published: September 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137340

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