Aerial and underwater surveys reveal temporal variation in cleaning-station use by sea turtles at a temperate breeding area

Many animals invest time and energy in removing unwanted organisms from their body surface; however, the benefits of symbiotic cleaning associations to ‘clients’ are disputed. We used aerial (unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs) and underwater surveys to investigate whether loggerhead sea turtles Caretta...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Marine Ecology Progress Series. - Inter-Research, 1979. - 575(2017) vom: Juli, Seite 153-164
1. Verfasser:	Schofield, Gail (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Papafitsoros, Kostas, Haughey, Rebecca, Katselidis, Kostas
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Marine Ecology Progress Series
Schlagworte:	Active sampling Competition Foraging Host−parasite relationship Parasite defence grooming Unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs Drone Loggerhead Caretta caretta