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...
Veröffentlicht in: | Marine Ecology Progress Series. - Inter-Research, 1979. - 575(2017) vom: Juli, Seite 153-164 |
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2017
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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 |
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